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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.               @@@§£=\«,,
,«\=£§@@##                                          ##@@§£=\«,
,,«\=£§@@# 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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