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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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@@%%††^-:.     -#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%    .:-^††%%@@
¤%%†--::..                                          ..::--†%%¤
@@@¤%†^-:. 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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