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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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###@$%^»:, THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ,:»^%$@###
@##@$%^»:, IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ,:»^%$@##@
##@@$%^»:, IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ,:»^%$@@##
##@#$%^»:, SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ,:»^%$#@##
#$$%»,,,,, AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ,,,,,»%$$#
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