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...:~†*%##    #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~     ##%*†~:...
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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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