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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.               ,,,,,,,,,,
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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.                ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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