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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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