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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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