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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.               @&§†\~....
...~\†§&@@                                          @@&§†\~...
..~\†§&@@# 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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