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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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