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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.                @§=«¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨-«=%§&@##    «#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§     ##@&§%=«-¨
¨-«=%§&@##                                          ##@&§%=«-¨
¨-«=%§&@## 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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