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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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