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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  #....#.###
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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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