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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.               &%*~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~=*^^^%£#                                          #£%^^^*=~¨
¨¨¨¨¨=*%&£ 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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