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,,~««\==%£ a type  of  transformer  (an  electrical £%==\««~,,
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,,,,,~\%#£  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  £#%\~,,,,,
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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 ####%=\«~,
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,~«\=%£### 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 ##£#%=\«~,
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,,,,,«=%££ 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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