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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 @..@@..@..
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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 ..@.@.@..@
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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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.@.....@.. 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. ...@....@@
.@.@.@.@@. ..@@...@.@
@@@@@@@.@@ 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 @.@@@..@.@
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