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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 §§,,§§§§,,
§,,§,,,§§§ 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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