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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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