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,,,,,,.~=†     @&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~    †=~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~=†&    &@~                           &@~     &†=~.,,,,,
,,,,.~=†&&    &~@    sucking transformer    &~@     &&†=~.,,,,
,,,.~=†&&¶     ~&@                           ~&@    ¶&&†=~.,,,
,,.~=†&&¶@     ~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&~@&    @¶&&†=~.,,
,.~=†&&¶@#                                          #@¶&&†=~.,
,,.~=†&&¶@ 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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