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¨¨,~^§$@##    #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~     ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###     $#~                           $#~    ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@##     $~#    sucking transformer    $~#    ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###    ~$#                           ~$#     ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@##     ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$    ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###                                          ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@## 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.               ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###                                          ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@##     ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$    ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###                                          ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@## 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. ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###                                          ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@##     $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#    ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###                                          ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@## their function for the  rail environment ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@### is poorly understood. they  seem to pull ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@##    in stray fields and electricities.    ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###    superstition exist that they also     ###@$§^~,¨
¨¨,~^§$@## affect spirits,  gijinkas, and  even the ##@$§^~,¨¨
¨,~^§$@###        souls of living creatures.        ###@$§^~,¨
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