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¨^-:%£@### powerlines. ###@£%:-^¨
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¨^-:%£@@@# 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 ###@£%:-^¨
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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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