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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. ##..####..
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.........# 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. ####..####
..##...... ###....###
.....##### 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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#........# $-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-# .....##..#
..######.. .###......
#..####... 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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