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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.                #@¶&*%/«^,
,,,,^«/%*¶                                          ¶*%/«^,,,,
,^«/%*&¶@#    «@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*     #@¶&*%/«^,
,^«/%*&¶@#                                          #@¶&*%/«^,
,,,^^«%*¶¶ 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. @&**%%/«^,
,^«/%*&¶¶¶                                          ¶¶¶&*%/«^,
,^««««%%%&    *«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@*«@     &%%%««««^,
,,,,,^/%%&                                          &%%/^,,,,,
,^«/%*&¶@@ 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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,,,^^^««%&                                          &%««^^^,,,
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