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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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