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¨,~==%§¶## %~# sucking transformer %~# ##¶§%==~,¨
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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 ##¶§%==~,¨
¨,~==%§¶## 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. ##¶§%==~,¨
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¨,~==%§¶## ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% ##¶§%==~,¨
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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. ##¶§%==~,¨
¨,~==%§¶## ##¶§%==~,¨
¨,~==%§¶## 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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