##@§*^;-^, ,^-;^*§@##
###@*^;-^, ,^-;^*@###
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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. ,^-;^*§§§@
§^^^^;-^,, ,,^-;^^^^§
##@§*^;-^, *-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-# ,^-;^*§@##
##@§*^;-^, ,^-;^*§@##
#§§**^;-^, 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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