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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.                ##¤¤=^-^..
.^-^=¤¤###                                          ###¤¤=^-^.
..^-^=¤¤## 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.                #¤¤=^-^...
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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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