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#§¤†~,,,,, 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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##@§¤†^~,, 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. ,,,,,~~†¤§
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#§§§¤†^~,, 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 ,,~^†¤§#@#
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