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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.                #£§@†;~:..
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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.               §@†;~:....
...:~;†@§£                                          £§@†;~:...
..:~;†@§£# 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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