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