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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  ##¶¤$*/«~.
...«/*$$¤#               rarer kind.                #¤$$*/«...
..~««**$¤¤                                          ¤¤$**««~..
.....~/$¤¤     «#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$    ¤¤$/~.....
.~«/*$¤¤¤¶                                          ¶¤¤¤$*/«~.
....~««/*¤ the  railpeople  are  in  general   very ¤*/««~....
.....~/*$¤     secretive about their symbols and    ¤$*/~.....
.~«/*$¤¶## machines,   so   also   with   the  this ##¶¤$*/«~.
.~«/*$¤¤¤¶ transformer.  what  we know is  what  we ¶¤¤¤$*/«~.
.....«/$$¶               can observe.               ¶$$/«.....
.~«/*$¤¶##                                          ##¶¤$*/«~.
.....«*$$¤ a sucking  transformer is surrounded  by ¤$$*«.....
.~«/*$¤### two  signs,  both  around   twenty  four ###¤$*/«~.
..~««/$¤¤¤ meters to  each side  of  it. tranins do ¤¤¤$/««~..
....«//*¤¶ 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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.....«/*¤#                                          #¤*/«.....
....««*$¤# their function for the  rail environment #¤$*««....
.~«/*$¤¶## is poorly understood. they seem to  pull ##¶¤$*/«~.
.~«/*$¤¶##    in stray fields and electricities.    ##¶¤$*/«~.
.~«/*¤¶###    superstition exist that they also     ###¶¤*/«~.
.....~«*¤# affect  spirits, gijinkas, and  even the #¤*«~.....
.~«/*$¤¶##        souls of living creatures.        ##¶¤$*/«~.
.~«/*$¤###                                          ###¤$*/«~.
.~«/*$¤¶##                                          ##¶¤$*/«~.
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.~«/*$¤¶##                                          ##¶¤$*/«~.