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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 ....^«*†@@
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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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