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,,,,,,=§£¤ component) found mainly along railway ¤£§=,,,,,,
,.=*§£¤### lines. they're usually mounted halfway ###¤£§*=.,
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,.=*§§§§¤¤ powerlines. ¤¤§§§§*=.,
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,.=*§£¤### =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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