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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 ##&£%;~,..
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