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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 ,###,#,#,#
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,#,,,,#,,,  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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,,,,##,,,, is poorly understood. they seem to  pull #,#,#,#,,#
#,,,#,#,,,    in stray fields and electricities.    ,#######,#
,#,,####,,    superstition exist that they also     ##,,,,,,##
###,#,,,#, affect  spirits, gijinkas, and  even the ,,#,,,,,#,
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