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¨.~^*£&£@# 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  #@£&£*^~.¨
¨.~^*£&£@#                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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