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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.               ,,,,,,~%§§
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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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§%\...,,,, 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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