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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 ¨¨¨,~~^^@¤
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##¶¤@^=~,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~^¤
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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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¤@^=~~~~,¨ 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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