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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. ##%%«,,,,,
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,,,,,\\§## 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 ####§%\«,,
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