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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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,,^~:*£¤¶@ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND @¶¤£*:~^,,
,^~:*£¤¶@# MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS #@¶¤£*:~^,
,,^~:*£¤¶@ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE @¶¤£*:~^,,
,,,^~:*£¤¶ CAN OBSERVE. ¶¤£*:~^,,,
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,,,^~:*£¤¶ 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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,,,^~:*£¤¶ 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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