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######.###    &«@    sucking transformer    &«@     #..####..#
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....#.#.##     «@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&    ###..####.
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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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.##....#..     «@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&    ###.###.##
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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 .#..##.#.#
###.#..###        souls of living creatures.        ##.#.####.
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