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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   $%*,......
.......,*%                rarer kind.               %*,.......
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...,*%$¤## 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  $%*,......
.......,*% placed near  to larger bodies of  water. %*,.......
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.....,*%$¤     $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#    ¤$%*,.....
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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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