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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.                ,,,,######
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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.               ,#,,,,,,##
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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.               ,###,,,,,,
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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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########## 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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