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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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