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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.               @@#@§%/«:.
.:«/%%§@#@                                          @#@§%%/«:.
.:«/%§§§@@     «@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§    @@§§§%/«:.
.:«/%§@#@#                                          #@#@§%/«:.
....«/%@#@ 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. #@#@§%/«:.
.:/%§@#@##                                          ##@#@§%/:.
.:«/%§@#@#     §«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@§«@    #@#@§%/«:.
.:«%§@#@##                                          ##@#@§%«:.
.:«/%§@#@# 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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