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@#$*==~... COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ...~==*$#@
#$*==~.... LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ....~==*$#
$*==~..... BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD .....~==*$
#$*==~.... POWERLINES. ....~==*$#
@#$*==~... ...~==*$#@
#@#$*==~.. AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ..~==*$#@#
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#@#$*==~.. RARER KIND. ..~==*$#@#
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#$*==~.... THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ....~==*$#
@#$*==~... SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ...~==*$#@
#@#$*==~.. MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ..~==*$#@#
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#@#$*==~.. A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ..~==*$#@#
@#$*==~... TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ...~==*$#@
#$*==~.... METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ....~==*$#
$*==~..... NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY .....~==*$
#$*==~.... CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ....~==*$#
@#$*==~... BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ...~==*$#@
#@#$*==~.. ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ..~==*$#@#
##@#$*==~. COLLIDING. .~==*$#@##
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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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###@#$*==~ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ~==*$#@###
##@#$*==~. IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL .~==*$#@##
#@#$*==~.. IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ..~==*$#@#
@#$*==~... SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ...~==*$#@
#$*==~.... AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ....~==*$#
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