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###§@*^«^, 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 ,,,«^^^*@§
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###§@*^«^, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,^«^*@§###
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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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###§@*^«^, METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,^«^*@§###
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§**^«,,,,, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,,,,,«^**§
§*^^^,,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,,^^^*§
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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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