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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. §§%§~¨¨¨¨¨
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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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