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¨,«^$*§@##    *«#    sucking transformer    *«#     ##@§*$^«,¨
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¨,«^$*§@##     «#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*    ##@§*$^«,¨
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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 ###@§*^«,¨
¨,«^$*§@## transformer.  what  we know  is what  we ##@§*$^«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«$*§@               can observe.               @§*$«¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«^$*§@##                                          ##@§*$^«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,^$§ a sucking  transformer is surrounded  by §$^,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,«^$*§@## two  signs,  both  around  twenty   four ##@§*$^«,¨
¨,«^$*§@## meters to each  side  of it.  tranins do ##@§*$^«,¨
¨¨¨¨¨«$§@@ not stop between these signs  during any @@§$«¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨««^$*§# circumstances  -   if  the   choice   is #§*$^««¨¨¨
¨,«^$*§@## between  halting within, or running into ##@§*$^«,¨
¨,«^$*§@## another train just outside, they  prefer ##@§*$^«,¨
¨¨¨,««$**@                colliding.                @**$««,¨¨¨
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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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