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§§§%==:¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨:==%§§§
###@§§%†:¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨:†%§§@###
§§%%††::¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨::††%%§§
###§§%†=:¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨:=†%§§###
##@§§%†=:¨ POWERLINES. ¨:=†%§§@##
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§§§†=¨¨¨¨¨ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨¨=†§§§
##@§§%†=:¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨:=†%§§@##
##@§§%†=:¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨:=†%§§@##
###§§%†=:¨ RARER KIND. ¨:=†%§§###
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##@§§%†=:¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨:=†%§§@##
§§%===¨¨¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨¨¨===%§§
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##@§§%†=:¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨:=†%§§@##
##@§§%†=:¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨:=†%§§@##
#§§§§%†=:¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨:=†%§§§§#
§§††=¨¨¨¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨¨¨¨¨=††§§
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#@§%%=¨¨¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨¨¨=%%§@#
@§%==:¨¨¨¨ COLLIDING. ¨¨¨¨:==%§@
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@§§§%%†=:¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨:=†%%§§§@
@§%†=:¨¨¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨¨¨:=†%§@
#§§%==¨¨¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨¨¨==%§§#
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###§§%†=:¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨:=†%§§###
##@§§%†=:¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨:=†%§§@##
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##@§§%†=:¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨:=†%§§@##
§§††:¨¨¨¨¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨¨¨¨¨:††§§
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#§%=::¨¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨¨::=%§#
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##@§§%†=:¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨:=†%§§@##
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