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,-«^§£¤###  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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,-«^§£¤#@# 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 #¤§««««,,,
,-«^§£¤@##        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ##@¤£§^«-,
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