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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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#,,##,#,,# as far  as  transformers go,  these  are #,,#,,,,,#
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,,,,,,#,#,   artifacts/symbols, they belong to the  #,,,###,,#
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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 ,,,#,##,##
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