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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 .##...#...
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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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