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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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