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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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..-~^$$@## their function for the rail  environment ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### is poorly  understood. they seem to pull ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@##    in stray fields and electricities.    ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@###     superstition exist that they also    ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## affect spirits, gijinkas,  and  even the ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@###        souls of living creatures.        ###@$$^~-.
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