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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. #@¤¤$^/~:¨
¨:~/^$¤@## ##@¤$^/~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$@ 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 ¤^~::¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^^$¤ dry. a common sight is a creek or ¤$^^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~/$¤ stream making a half-circle detour. ¤$/~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~//^$$@@ generally, sucking transformers are not @@$$^//~:¨
¨:~/^^^$@@ placed near to larger bodies of water. @@$^^^/~:¨
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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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