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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. ##@#&=^=,¨
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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 ##@#&=^=,¨
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¨¨¨¨,^==## IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ##==^,¨¨¨¨
¨¨,======# SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO #======,¨¨
,=^=&#@### AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ###@#&=^=,
¨,=======# SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. #=======,¨
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