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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 ¨~«;%*@@@#
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###@*%;«~¨ needed. among all rail-adjacent ¨~«;%*@###
###@*%;«~¨ artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ¨~«;%*@###
###@*%;«~¨ rarer kind. ¨~«;%*@###
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#@%;«¨¨¨¨¨ «#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#* ¨¨¨¨¨«;%@#
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###@*%;«~¨ the railpeople are in general very ¨~«;%*@###
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##*;~¨¨¨¨¨ 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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###@*%;«~¨ *«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«# ¨~«;%*@###
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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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