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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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