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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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