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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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,,,^^^&###    «#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&«#&     ###&^^^,,,
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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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