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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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