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~:........ $~# sucking transformer $~# ........:~
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#¶£$$^~:.. lines. they're usually mounted halfway ..:~^$$£¶#
##¶£$$^~:. between the rails and the overhead .:~^$$£¶##
#¶£$$^~:.. powerlines. ..:~^$$£¶#
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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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.......... 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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