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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 ....,/†*#@
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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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#@##*†/«,. 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 ,«/†*##@##
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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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