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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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