§$^^...... ......^^$§
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§*~....... .......~*§
@$$$*~~... ...~~*$$$@
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@@@§$*^~.. @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~ ..~^*$§@@@
#@@§$*^~.. $@~ $@~ ..~^*$§@@#
§*^....... $~@ sucking transformer $~@ .......^*§
#@@§$*^~.. ~$@ ~$@ ..~^*$§@@#
@@§***^~.. ~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$ ..~^***§@@
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§**^...... a type of transformer (an electrical ......^**§
#@@§$*^~.. component) found mainly along railway ..~^*$§@@#
##@§$*^~.. lines. they're usually mounted halfway ..~^*$§@##
@§$*^^.... between the rails and the overhead ....^^*$§@
@§§$**^~.. powerlines. ..~^**$§§@
#@@§$*^~.. ..~^*$§@@#
@§*~~..... 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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