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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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