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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.               #,#,#,#,#,
#,##,##,##                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,,#,,#,,#    ~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤     #,#,#,#,#,
#,##,##,##                                          #,#,#,#,#,
#,,#,,#,,# 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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