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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 $*-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* rarer kind. *-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,:-*$¤£ £¤$*-:,,,,
,,,:-*$¤£# 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 $*-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-* placed near to larger bodies of water. *-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,:-*$¤£ £¤$*-:,,,,
,,,:-*$¤£# 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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