...~«/*%@£                                          £@%*/«~...
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...~«/*%@£                                          £@%*/«~...
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.~«/*%@£@#                                          #@£@%*/«~.
..~«/*%@£@     @%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«    @£@%*/«~..
...~«/*%@£    %@«                           %@«     £@%*/«~...
....~«/*%@    %«@    sucking transformer    %«@     @%*/«~....
...~«/*%@£    «%@                           «%@     £@%*/«~...
..~«/*%@£@    «@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%     @£@%*/«~..
.~«/*%@£@#                                          #@£@%*/«~.
..~«/*%@£@ 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. @£@%*/«~..
.~«/*%@£@#                                          #@£@%*/«~.
..~«/*%@£@     %«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@%«@    @£@%*/«~..
...~«/*%@£                                          £@%*/«~...
....~«/*%@ 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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