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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.                ###¨¨####¨
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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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##########    £«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@     ##########
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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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