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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. ..:~†%&@##
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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. ...:~†%&@#
@&%†~:.... ....:~†%&@
#@&%†~:... 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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#@&%†~:... ...:~†%&@#
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