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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.                £¤¤^^«~,,,
,,~«^^¤¤£#                                          #£¤¤^^«~,,
,~«^^¤¤£## 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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,,,~«^^¤¤£    «@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤     £¤¤^^«~,,,
,,~«^^¤¤£#                                          #£¤¤^^«~,,
,~«^^¤¤£## 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.                ¤¤^^«~,,,,
,,,~«^^¤¤£                                          £¤¤^^«~,,,
,,~«^^¤¤£# 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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,,,~«^^¤¤£     ¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@¤«@    £¤¤^^«~,,,
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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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