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....:††&&@     $~#    sucking transformer    $~#    @&&††:....
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..~:†$&@## a type  of  transformer  (an  electrical ##@&$†:~..
..~:†$$$@#   component) found mainly along railway  #@$$$†:~..
..~:†$$$$&  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  &$$$$†:~..
..~:†$&@## between   the  rails  and  the  overhead ##@&$†:~..
...~::::$@                powerlines.               @$::::~...
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..~:†$@### as far as  transformers  go,  these  are ###@$†:~..
..~:†$$$&# ~very  big~. instead, not  as  many  are #&$$$†:~..
....~~:$&#     needed. among all rail-adjacent      #&$:~~....
..~:†$@###  artifacts/symbols, they belong to the   ###@$†:~..
......~†&#                rarer kind.               #&†~......
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..~:†$&&@#    ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$     #@&&$†:~..
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..~:†$&@## the  railpeople  are   in  general  very ##@&$†:~..
....~††&&@     secretive about their symbols and    @&&††~....
...~:†††$& machines,   so   also   with  the   this &$†††:~...
.....:††&# transformer.  what  we know  is what  we #&††:.....
..~:†$&@##               can observe.               ##@&$†:~..
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..~:†$&@## a  sucking  transformer is surrounded by ##@&$†:~..
..~:†$&@## two  signs,  both  around   twenty  four ##@&$†:~..
..~:†$&@## meters to each  side  of it.  tranins do ##@&$†:~..
.....:†$$@ 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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