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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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%^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^%
^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^
=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=
^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ RARER KIND. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^
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##¶@@%^=:¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨:=^%@@¶##
#¶@@%^=:¨¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨¨:=^%@@¶#
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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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#¶@@%^=:¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨:=^%@@¶#
##¶@@%^=:¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨:=^%@@¶##
#¶@@%^=:¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨:=^%@@¶#
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^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^
%^=:¨¨¨¨¨¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨¨¨¨¨¨:=^%
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¶@@%^=:¨¨¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨¨¨:=^%@@¶
#¶@@%^=:¨¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨¨:=^%@@¶#
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