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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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@¶@&=-^¨¨¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨¨¨^-=&@¶@
#@¶@&=-^¨¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨¨^-=&@¶@#
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#@¶@&=-^¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨¨^-=&@¶@#
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¶@&=-^¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=&
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#@¶@&=-^¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨^-=&@¶@#
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¶@&=-^¨¨¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨¨^-=&@¶
@&=-^¨¨¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨¨¨^-=&@
&=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=&
=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=
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