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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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