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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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