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,,,,,,,,,, §~# sucking transformer §~# ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ ~§# ~§# ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§ ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~/ /~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~/^ a type of transformer (an electrical ^/~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~/^§ component) found mainly along railway §^/~^,,,,,
,,,,^~/^§# lines. they're usually mounted halfway #§^/~^,,,,
,,,^~/^§#£ between the rails and the overhead £#§^/~^,,,
,,^~/^§#£# powerlines. #£#§^/~^,,
,^~/^§#£## ##£#§^/~^,
^~/^§#£### 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. #§^/~^,,,,
,,,,,^~/^§ §^/~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~/^ ~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§~#§ ^/~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~/ /~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ 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. ##£#§^/~^,
,,^~/^§#£# #£#§^/~^,,
,,,^~/^§#£ 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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