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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. @,,@@@@,,,
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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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