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..@..@.@@. a type of transformer (an electrical ..@.@@...@
@..@...@@@ 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 @....@..@.
@@@...@..@ ~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. ...@.@@...
@.@@....@. .....@@@..
..@@@....@ 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. .@@.......
...@.@@... .@@@......
.....@@@.. 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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