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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.               ....,,~†§§
§§†~......                                          ......~†§§
##@#§%†~,. 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.               .,~:†%§#@#
§§†::~....                                          ....~::†§§
§§%%%†:~,. 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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