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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 ,,,,::†*&@
##@&$*†-:, another train just outside, they  prefer ,:-†*$&@##
##@&$*†-:,                colliding.                ,:-†*$&@##
&&$††-,,,,                                          ,,,,-††$&&
&&***†--:, 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. ,,,:-†††*&
#@@&$*†-:,                                          ,:-†*$&@@#
##@&$*†-:,     $-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#    ,:-†*$&@##
@&*-,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,-*&@
###@$*†-:, their function for the  rail environment ,:-†*$@###
@@@&$*†-:, is poorly understood.  they seem to pull ,:-†*$&@@@
#@&$*-::,,    in stray fields and electricities.    ,,::-*$&@#
&*†:,,,,,,    superstition exist that they also     ,,,,,,:†*&
##@&$*†-:, affect spirits,  gijinkas, and even  the ,:-†*$&@##
@@&*††:::,        souls of living creatures.        ,:::††*&@@
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