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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 ##@£¤*:«.,
,,,,.«*$¤£     secretive about their symbols and    £¤$*«.,,,,
,,,..«::$£ machines,   so   also  with   the   this £$::«..,,,
,.«:*$¤£## transformer.  what  we know  is what  we ##£¤$*:«.,
,,,,..:$£@               can observe.               @£$:..,,,,
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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 £¤*«,,,,,,
,.«:*$¤£@# another train  just outside, they prefer #@£¤$*:«.,
,,,,,..:$¤                colliding.                ¤$:..,,,,,
,.«:*$¤£@#                                          #@£¤$*:«.,
,.«:***¤£@ 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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,.«:*$¤£@#    $«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@     #@£¤$*:«.,
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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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