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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 §$^=,,,,,,
,,,,,=^$§§ 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 $^=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=^ COLLIDING. ^=,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. =,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,=^$§§ 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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