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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 ¨:~†%£@@##
§£†††~~:¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†£§
#@@§£%†~:¨ 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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