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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 ##@¶&%/=:.
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.:=/†%&¶@# 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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.:=/†%&¶@# THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE   IN  GENERAL  VERY #@¶&%†/=:.
.:=/†%&¶@#     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 ##¶&%†/=:.
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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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.:=/†&¶@## THEIR  FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ##@¶&†/=:.
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.:=/†%&¶@#    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    #@¶&%†/=:.
.:=/†%&&¶¶     SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO    ¶¶&&%†/=:.
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.:=/†%&¶@#        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        #@¶&%†/=:.
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