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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. ....^~=*§§
@§§*=~^... ...^~=*§§@
#@§§*=~^.. 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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