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..:~;%%#@# @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~ #@#%%;~:..
...:~;%%#@ %@~ %@~ @#%%;~:...
....:~;%%# %~@ sucking transformer %~@ #%%;~:....
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......:~;% ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% %;~:......
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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. %;~:......
.....:~;%% %%;~:.....
....:~;%%# 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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....:~;%%# ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% #%%;~:....
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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. ~:........
.......:~; ;~:.......
......:~;% 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. ~:........
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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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