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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.               #@£#§†:~-.
..-~:†§#£@                                          @£#§†:~-..
...-~:†§#£ 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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