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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   ,#,##,,,,,
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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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