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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 &,,,,,&,,,
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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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,&,,,,,&,, is poorly understood. they seem to pull ,&&,,,,,&,
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&,,&,,,,,& superstition exist that they also ,&,&&,,,,,
,&,,&,,,,, affect spirits, gijinkas, and even the ,,,&&&,,,,
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