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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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