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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.                $%*«:.....
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.......:«*    «@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$     *«:.......
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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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..........     $«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@$«@    ..........
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.........: their function for the rail  environment :.........
........:« is poorly understood. they seem  to pull «:........
.......:«*    in stray fields and electricities.    *«:.......
......:«*%    superstition exist that they also     %*«:......
.....:«*%$ affect spirits,  gijinkas,  and even the $%*«:.....
....:«*%$£        souls of living creatures.        £$%*«:....
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