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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.                §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
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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.                §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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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