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§*=,...... 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 .,~=*§§£@#
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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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