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...#...#.. @$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$- ..#...###.
....#...#. $@- $@- ...#..#.##
#....#...# $-@ sucking transformer $-@ ....#...##
##....#... -$@ -$@ #....#..#.
###....#.. -@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$ ##....#...
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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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...###.... -@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$ #....#....
...#.##... ##....#...
.....###.. 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. ..#.......
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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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