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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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*=~.,,,,,, 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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