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%*»....... &»@ sucking transformer &»@ .......»*%
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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 ........»*
%*»....... 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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