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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.                ##@#§§=«-¨
¨-«=§$§#@#                                          #@#§$§=«-¨
¨-«=§$§#@@     «@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$    @@#§$§=«-¨
¨-«=§$§###                                          ###§$§=«-¨
¨¨¨¨«§$$## the  railpeople  are  in   general  very ##$$§«¨¨¨¨
¨-«=§$§#@#     secretive about their symbols and    #@#§$§=«-¨
¨-«=§$§#@# machines,   so   also   with  the   this #@#§$§=«-¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-=$§ transformer.  what we know  is  what  we §$=-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-«==§$§§@               can observe.               @§§$§==«-¨
¨-«=§$§###                                          ###§$§=«-¨
¨¨¨¨¨«§$$# a  sucking  transformer is surrounded by #$$§«¨¨¨¨¨
¨-«=§$§#@# two  signs,  both  around  twenty   four #@#§$§=«-¨
¨¨¨¨¨-«§§@ 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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