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##¶¤%†;«~¨    #%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«     ¨~«;†%¤¶##
¶¤†;~¨¨¨¨¨    %#«                           %#«     ¨¨¨¨¨~;†¤¶
¶¶%†;~~~¨¨     %«#    sucking transformer    %«#    ¨¨~~~;†%¶¶
##¶¤%†;«~¨    «%#                           «%#     ¨~«;†%¤¶##
¤¤¤¤%†;«~¨     «#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%    ¨~«;†%¤¤¤¤
##¶¤%†;«~¨                                          ¨~«;†%¤¶##
¤†††«~~¨¨¨ 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. ¨~«;†%¤¶##
##¶¤%†;«~¨                                          ¨~«;†%¤¶##
¤¤†††«~¨¨¨    %«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#     ¨¨¨~«†††¤¤
##¶¤%†;«~¨                                          ¨~«;†%¤¶##
##¶¤%†;«~¨ 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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