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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.                §¤†/«.,,,,
,,,.«/†¤§#                                          #§¤†/«.,,,
,,.«/†¤§##     «#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤«#¤    ##§¤†/«.,,
,.«/†¤§###                                          ###§¤†/«.,
,,.«/†¤§## 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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