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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 ......--%@
@@%--..... 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. .....--%@@
@%--...... ......--%@
%--....... 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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