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§§@//..¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨..//@§§
§§%//...¨¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨¨...//%§§
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##@§@%/».¨ POWERLINES. ¨.»/%@§@##
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@@@§@%/».¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨.»/%@§@@@
###§@%/».¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨.»/%@§###
##@§@%/».¨ RARER KIND. ¨.»/%@§@##
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@@@§@%/».¨ 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 ¨¨..///%%§
§@//.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.»/%@§###
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##@§@%/».¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨.»/%@§@##
§§§%»»»».¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨.»»»»%§§§
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