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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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¨~«/$$#@## as far  as  transformers go,  these  are ##@#$$/«~¨
¨~«/$$##@@ «very big«.  instead,  not  as many  are @@##$$/«~¨
¨~«/$$##@#     needed. among all rail-adjacent      #@##$$/«~¨
¨~«/$$#@##  artifacts/symbols, they belong to the   ##@#$$/«~¨
¨¨¨¨¨«$##@                rarer kind.               @##$«¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨~«/$$#### their function for the rail  environment ####$$/«~¨
¨~«/$$##@# is poorly understood. they seem to  pull #@##$$/«~¨
¨¨¨~/$$###    in stray fields and electricities.    ###$$/~¨¨¨
¨~«/$$####    superstition exist that they also     ####$$/«~¨
¨¨¨«//$$#@ affect spirits, gijinkas, and  even  the @#$$//«¨¨¨
¨~«/$$##@#        souls of living creatures.        #@##$$/«~¨
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