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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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