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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. ##&*%†=,..
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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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