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..,~^^£### lines. they're usually mounted halfway ###£^^~,..
.,~^^£#### 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 ####£^^~,.
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.,~^^£#### secretive about their symbols and ####£^^~,.
..,~^^£### machines, so also with the this ###£^^~,..
.,~^^£#### transformer. what we know is what we ####£^^~,.
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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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..,~^^£### in stray fields and electricities. ###£^^~,..
.,~^^£#### superstition exist that they also ####£^^~,.
..,~^^£### affect spirits, gijinkas, and even the ###£^^~,..
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