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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.               .#..#...#.
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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.               .###.###..
#..##.#...                                          .#..##..#.
##.#.###.. 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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.#.#...#.. 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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