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##@#$*†-~, #$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$- ,~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~, $#- $#- ,~-†*$#@##
#@@#$*†-~, $-# sucking transformer $-# ,~-†*$#@@#
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##@#$*†-~, -#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$ ,~-†*$#@##
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#$**†-,,,, 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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##$$†††-~, as far as transformers go, these are ,~-†††$$##
##@#$*†-~, -very big-. instead, not as many are ,~-†*$#@##
##$†~,,,,, needed. among all rail-adjacent ,,,,,~†$##
##$†~,,,,, artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ,,,,,~†$##
#$$$$*†-~, rarer kind. ,~-†*$$$$#
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##$*†††-~, -#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$ ,~-†††*$##
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##@#$*†-~, the railpeople are in general very ,~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~, secretive about their symbols and ,~-†*$#@##
##@#$*†-~, machines, so also with the this ,~-†*$#@##
@$**††-,,, transformer. what we know is what we ,,,-††**$@
##*-~,,,,, can observe. ,,,,,~-*##
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@$*-~,,,,, a sucking transformer is surrounded by ,,,,,~-*$@
###$$*†-~, 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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