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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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,~~/=*£### 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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