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#¶&^†:,,,,  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  ,,,,:†^&¶#
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##¶£&^†~:,                powerlines.               ,:~†^&£¶##
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##¶£&^†~:,     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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#¶¶£&^†~:, 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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##¶£&^†~:, 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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