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,^«/%£@£@#    £«@    sucking transformer    £«@     #@£@£%/«^,
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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.                #@£@£%/«^,
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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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