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¤......¤¤¤ a type of transformer (an electrical ¤¤¤..¤....
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...¤.....¤ 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 ..¤..¤....
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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 .....¤....
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..¤.¤¤..¤. generally, sucking transformers are not ..¤.....¤.
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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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