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