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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 #¶£%%§:=.,
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,.=:§%£¶## =very  big=. instead,  not  as  many are ##¶£%§:=.,
,.=:§%£###      needed. among all rail-adjacent     ###£%§:=.,
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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 ¶¶¶£%§:=.,
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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 £§::.,,,,,
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,.=:§%£¶##    in stray fields and electricities.    ##¶£%§:=.,
,.=:§%£¶##     superstition exist that they also    ##¶£%§:=.,
,.=:§%£¶## affect  spirits, gijinkas,  and even the ##¶£%§:=.,
,.=:§%£¶##        souls of living creatures.        ##¶£%§:=.,
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