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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.                ,,&&&&&,&,
,&,,&,&,&&                                          ,&,,,,&&&,
&&,&&&&&,, 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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