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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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†/«~...... %«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@ ......~«/†
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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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