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##¶&£=;«~¨  component) found mainly along railway   ¨~«;=£&¶##
#¶¶&£=;«~¨  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  ¨~«;=£&¶¶#
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###¶£=;«~¨ as  far as transformers  go,  these  are ¨~«;=£¶###
#&&==;«~~¨ «very  big«. instead, not  as  many  are ¨~~«;==&&#
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##¶&£=;«~¨   artifacts/symbols, they belong to the  ¨~«;=£&¶##
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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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##¶&£=;«~¨ 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 ¨~«;=£&¶##
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##¶&£=;«~¨ ground  closest to a  transformer  stays ¨~«;=£&¶##
¶¶££==;«~¨ dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or ¨~«;==££¶¶
¶£=«¨¨¨¨¨¨   stream making a half-circle detour.    ¨¨¨¨¨¨«=£¶
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&££££=;«~¨     superstition exist that they also    ¨~«;=££££&
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