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¨.===$@### between the rails and the overhead ###@$===.¨
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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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¨.===$@### secretive about their symbols and ###@$===.¨
¨.===$@### machines, so also with the this ###@$===.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.==$@ transformer. what we know is what we @$==.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.===$@### can observe. ###@$===.¨
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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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¨.===$@### water avoids them. in light rain, the ###@$===.¨
¨.===$@### ground closest to a transformer stays ###@$===.¨
¨¨¨¨¨===$# dry. a common sight is a creek or #$===¨¨¨¨¨
¨.===$@### stream making a half-circle detour. ###@$===.¨
¨¨.====$## generally, sucking transformers are not ##$====.¨¨
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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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