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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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¨,~;§%§¶## AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ##¶§%§;~,¨
¨,~;§%§¶## ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ##¶§%§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~;%¶ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¶%;~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~§%§# ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE #§%§~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~;;§%%%¶ RARER KIND. ¶%%%§;;~,¨
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¨,~;§%§¶## THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ##¶§%§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨,;§§§¶ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¶§§§;,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~§§§§ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §§§§~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,;;%%§# TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE #§%%;;,,¨¨
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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 §§~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ###¶%§;~,¨
¨,~;§%§§§§ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. §§§§%§;~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;§§¶ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¶§§;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~;§%§¶¶# PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. #¶¶§%§;~,¨
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¨,~;§%§¶## 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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