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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 @§%=^=....
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...=^=%§@# as  far  as  transformers go,  these are #@§%=^=...
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...=^=%§@#     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 §%=^=.....
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...=^=%§@#               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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