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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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