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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.               §@***«««^.
.^«/*@§£@#                                          #@£§@*/«^.
....^^^/@§     «@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@    §@/^^^....
.^«//**@§@                                          @§@**//«^.
.«/*@§£@## 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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.^«/*@§£@#     @«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@@«@    #@£§@*/«^.
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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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