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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 ,,,,,,~=**
*=~,,,,,,, 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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