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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 ,,:==§@@@@
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###@@§^=:, 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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