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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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,,,,,-~†&# 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. ###&†††~-,
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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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