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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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,,,,§§§,,, 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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