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,-«^*&£@## ##@£&*^«-,
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,-«^^**&&£ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY £&&**^^«-,
,,,,,-^&&@ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY @&&^-,,,,,
,,,,,--^&£ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD £&^--,,,,,
,,,,-^*&@# POWERLINES. #@&*^-,,,,
,-«^*&£@## ##@£&*^«-,
,,,,,««*&£ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE £&*««,,,,,
,-«^*&£@## «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ##@£&*^«-,
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,-«^*&£@## ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ##@£&*^«-,
,-«^*&£@## RARER KIND. ##@£&*^«-,
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,-«^*&£@## ##@£&*^«-,
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,,,,-^&&£@ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND @£&&^-,,,,
,-«^*&£@## MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ##@£&*^«-,
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,,,,-«*£££ CAN OBSERVE. £££*«-,,,,
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,,,,,«^&£@ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY @£&^«,,,,,
,-«*&£@### 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 ££££&*^«-,
,,,,,,-^*£ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO £*^-,,,,,,
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,-«^*&£@## GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ##@£&*^«-,
,-«^*&£@## DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ##@£&*^«-,
,-«^^^^^&@ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. @&^^^^^«-,
,-«^*&£@## 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 ££*^«,,,,,
,,,,,-«*£# IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. #£*«-,,,,,
,-«^*&£@## SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ##@£&*^«-,
,-«^*&£@## AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ##@£&*^«-,
,-«^*&£@## SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ##@£&*^«-,
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