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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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¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨
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