,,,::~*$$£                                          £$$*~::,,,
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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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