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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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