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.....~/%&£  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   £&%/~.....
......~/%&  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  &%/~......
.......~/% BETWEEN  THE  RAILS   AND  THE  OVERHEAD %/~.......
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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 @@£&%/~...
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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 @£&%/~....
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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 &%/~......
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