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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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.,«;†&¤###     «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&    ###¤&†;«,.
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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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