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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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