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&&....&... 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 ...&&..&.&
&.....&&.& souls of living creatures. ...&.&.&&&
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