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