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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.                &&&,,&&,,&
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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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