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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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#***==,,,,    =@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§     ,,,,==***#
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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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#@¶#§*/=^,     §=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@§=@    ,^=/*§#¶@#
#**/^^^,,,                                          ,,,^^^/**#
@#*/===,,, 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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