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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.                ,@,@,@,,@,
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@,@,@,@@,@ 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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