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,^«*§$&###     $#«                           $#«    ###&$§*«^,
,^«*§$&###     $«#    sucking transformer    $«#    ###&$§*«^,
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,,,^^«§$&&    «#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$     &&$§«^^,,,
,^«*§$&###                                          ###&$§*«^,
,,,,^^^«§& a  type  of  transformer  (an electrical &§«^^^,,,,
,^«*§$&###   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 #&§«,,,,,,
,^«*§$&###                colliding.                ###&$§*«^,
,,,««*§§§&                                          &§§§*««,,,
,^«*§$&### water avoids them.  in  light rain,  the ###&$§*«^,
,^«*$&#### ground  closest  to  a transformer stays ####&$*«^,
,^«*§$&&&# dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or #&&&$§*«^,
,,,,^^«§$&    stream making a half-circle detour.   &$§«^^,,,,
,^«*§$&###  generally, sucking transformers are not ###&$§*«^,
,^«*§$&### placed  near  to larger bodies of water. ###&$§*«^,
,^«*§$####                                          ####$§*«^,
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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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