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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. ¶@*=-¨¨¨¨¨
¨^-^=*@### ###@*=^-^¨
¨¨¨--^**@¶ -#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#*-#* ¶@**^--¨¨¨
¨^^-^^==@@ @@==^^-^^¨
¨^^^^^=*¶# 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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