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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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#@%^,,,,,, ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@% ,,,,,,^%@#
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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 ,,~^*%%%#@
@@@%*^^~,, souls of living creatures. ,,~^^*%@@@
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