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,,,,,,,,,«    £«#    sucking transformer    £«#     «,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,    «#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£     ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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