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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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##@@*%:«,¨ 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 ¨,«:%@@###
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@@%«¨¨¨¨¨¨ in stray fields and electricities. ¨¨¨¨¨¨«%@@
##@@*%:«,¨ superstition exist that they also ¨,«:%*@@##
##@@*%:«,¨ affect spirits, gijinkas, and even the ¨,«:%*@@##
@@@*:«,¨¨¨ souls of living creatures. ¨¨¨,«:*@@@
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