,,,,^^†%%£                                          £%%†^^,,,,
,^~=%£#@##                                          ##@#£%=~^,
,^~†=%£#@#                                          #@#£%=†~^,
,,,~~~==%#                                          #%==~~~,,,
,,,,^~=£££                                          £££=~^,,,,
,,^^^†=£##    @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~     ##£=†^^^,,
,^~†=%£#@#    %@~                           %@~     #@#£%=†~^,
,,,,^^†=£@     %~@    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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