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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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###§@%:~,, ~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@ ,,~:%@§###
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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. ,,,,~~%%§#
§@@@@%:~,, ,,~:%@@@@§
§@@@%~,,,, 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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