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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      ..,~~†§§§@
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##@£§=†~,.     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.    .,~†=§£@##
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##@£§=†~,. affect spirits, gijinkas,  and even  the .,~†=§£@##
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