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@#£†:..,,,    %@~                           %@~     ,,,..:†£#@
##@#£†:~.,     %~@    sucking transformer    %~@    ,.~:†£#@##
##@£%†:~.,     ~%@                           ~%@    ,.~:†%£@##
#@#£%†:~.,     ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%    ,.~:†%£#@#
#@#£%†:~.,                                          ,.~:†%£#@#
£££%::.,,, 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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@£†††~.,,,    ~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%     ,,,.~†††£@
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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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