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.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### $#~ $#~ ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## $~# sucking transformer $~# ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ~$# ~$# ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## a type of transformer (an electrical ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### component) found mainly along railway ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## lines. they're usually mounted halfway ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### between the rails and the overhead ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## powerlines. ##@$$^~-..
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..-~^$$@## as far as transformers go, these are ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ~very big~. instead, not as many are ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## needed. among all rail-adjacent ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## rarer kind. ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## the railpeople are in general very ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### secretive about their symbols and ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## machines, so also with the this ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### transformer. what we know is what we ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## can observe. ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## a sucking transformer is surrounded by ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### two signs, both around twenty four ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## meters to each side of it. tranins do ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### not stop between these signs during any ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## circumstances - if the choice is ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### between halting within, or running into ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## another train just outside, they prefer ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### colliding. ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### water avoids them. in light rain, the ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## ground closest to a transformer stays ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### dry. a common sight is a creek or ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## stream making a half-circle detour. ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### generally, sucking transformers are not ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## placed near to larger bodies of water. ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~# ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## their function for the rail environment ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### is poorly understood. they seem to pull ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## in stray fields and electricities. ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### superstition exist that they also ###@$$^~-.
..-~^$$@## affect spirits, gijinkas, and even the ##@$$^~-..
.-~^$$@### souls of living creatures. ###@$$^~-.
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