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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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