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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. .-~†*%§###
###§%*†~-. .-~†*%§###
§%*~~..... ~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#% .....~~*%§
###§%*†~-. .-~†*%§###
§%%†-..... 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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#§%%**†~-. .-~†**%%§#
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