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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 §§§§§*†-..
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