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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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,,^~^§§###     ~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£    ###§§^~^,,
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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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,,^~^§§###     £~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#£~#    ###§§^~^,,
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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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