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..#...#.## a  type  of  transformer  (an electrical ##.#.....#
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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  #.#.#..#..
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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 #.#.#####.
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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  .#..#..#.#
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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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