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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. ....--:†§#
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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 ..--:†§###
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###§†:--.. 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 ....--:†§#
##§†:--... between halting within, or running into ...--:†§##
###§†:--.. another train just outside, they prefer ..--:†§###
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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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