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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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