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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 ,,##,,####
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##,,,,,,## A SUCKING  TRANSFORMER  IS SURROUNDED BY ,,,##,,,,#
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,,,,##,,## METERS  TO EACH SIDE  OF IT. TRANINS  DO #,,##,,,,,
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##,,###### CIRCUMSTANCES   -   IF  THE   CHOICE  IS #####,,###
#,,,,####, 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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##########    £=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#£=#     ##########
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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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