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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.               §==«««««.,
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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.                §*==\...,,
,.«\=*§@##                                          ##@§*=\«.,
,.«\=*§@## 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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