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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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#¶¤¤$=^«^¨ AS FAR  AS  TRANSFORMERS  GO,  THESE ARE ¨^«^=$¤¤¶#
##¶¤$=^«^¨ «VERY  BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT  AS  MANY  ARE ¨^«^=$¤¶##
¤¤$=^^«¨¨¨     NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT      ¨¨¨«^^=$¤¤
###¶¤$=^^¨  ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE   ¨^^=$¤¶###
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##¶¤$=^«^¨                                          ¨^«^=$¤¶##
##¶¤$=^«^¨ THE  RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN  GENERAL   VERY ¨^«^=$¤¶##
##¶¤$=^«^¨     SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND    ¨^«^=$¤¶##
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##¶¤$=^«^¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT  WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT WE ¨^«^=$¤¶##
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###¶$=^«^¨ A  SUCKING  TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨^«^=$¶###
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¶¶¶¤$=^«^¨ NOT  STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨^«^=$¤¶¶¶
##¶¤$=^«^¨ CIRCUMSTANCES   -  IF   THE  CHOICE   IS ¨^«^=$¤¶##
##¶¤$=^«^¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN,  OR RUNNING INTO ¨^«^=$¤¶##
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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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##¶¤$=^«^¨ PLACED  NEAR TO  LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨^«^=$¤¶##
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##¶¤$=^«^¨                                          ¨^«^=$¤¶##
¤¤$^^^^^¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR  THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨^^^^^$¤¤
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##¶¤$=^«^¨    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    ¨^«^=$¤¶##
#¶¤¤$=^«^¨     SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO    ¨^«^=$¤¤¶#
##¶¤$=^«^¨ AFFECT  SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN  THE ¨^«^=$¤¶##
¤=«««¨¨¨¨¨        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ¨¨¨¨¨«««=¤
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