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@@@#£%†~,. a type of transformer (an electrical .,~†%£#@@@
@£%~~,.... component) found mainly along railway ....,~~%£@
##@@£%†~,. lines. they're usually mounted halfway .,~†%£@@##
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##%~~~.... 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 .,~†%£#@@@
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@#%†~..... 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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