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,,,,,,,,-- @£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£- --,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,--^ £@- £@- ^--,,,,,,,
,,,,,,--^† £-@ sucking transformer £-@ †^--,,,,,,
,,,,,--^†£ -£@ -£@ £†^--,,,,,
,,,,--^†£# -@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£ #£†^--,,,,
,,,--^†£#@ @#£†^--,,,
,,--^†£#@@ a type of transformer (an electrical @@#£†^--,,
,--^†£#@@# component) found mainly along railway #@@#£†^--,
,,--^†£#@@ lines. they're usually mounted halfway @@#£†^--,,
,,,--^†£#@ between the rails and the overhead @#£†^--,,,
,,,,--^†£# powerlines. #£†^--,,,,
,,,,,--^†£ £†^--,,,,,
,,,,,,--^† 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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,,,,,,,,,, -@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£-@£ ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. £†^--,,,,,
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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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,,,--^†£#@ @#£†^--,,,
,,,,--^†£# #£†^--,,,,