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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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@,@,@,@,@,     -#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤-#¤    ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@,@,@,@,                                          ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@,@,@,@, 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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