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..........    @£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«     ..........
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..........    £«@    sucking transformer    £«@     ..........
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..........    «@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£     ..........
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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.               @#£$/«....
...«/$£#@#                                          #@#£$/«...
..«/$£#@## 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.               £$/«......
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........«/    «@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£«@£     /«........
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.......... the   railpeople  are  in  general  very ..........
..........     secretive about their symbols and    ..........
.......... machines,   so  also   with   the   this ..........
.......... transformer.  what  we know  is  what we ..........
..........               can observe.               ..........
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.......... a sucking  transformer is surrounded  by ..........
.......... two  signs,  both  around  twenty   four ..........
.......... meters  to  each side of it.  tranins do ..........
.........« not stop between these  signs during any «.........
........«/ circumstances  -   if  the   choice   is /«........
.......«/$ between halting within, or  running into $/«.......
......«/$£ another  train just outside, they prefer £$/«......
.....«/$£#                colliding.                #£$/«.....
....«/$£#@                                          @#£$/«....
...«/$£#@# 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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