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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 ####¤*\«-,
,,,,«**¤¤# CAN OBSERVE. #¤¤**«,,,,
,,,,,-\*¤# #¤*\-,,,,,
,-«\*¤#### 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 ###**\««-,
,,,,,-«*¤# 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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,-«\*¤#### 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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