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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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,#,##,,,## 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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,,,,,,###, 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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