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,,,,.~†§¤#    #¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~     #¤§†~.,,,,
,,,.~†§¤##     ¤#~                           ¤#~    ##¤§†~.,,,
,,.~†§¤###     ¤~#    sucking transformer    ¤~#    ###¤§†~.,,
,.~†§¤####    ~¤#                           ~¤#     ####¤§†~.,
,,.~†§¤###    ~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤~#¤     ###¤§†~.,,
,,,.~†§¤##                                          ##¤§†~.,,,
,,,,.~†§¤# a  type  of transformer  (an  electrical #¤§†~.,,,,
,,,,,.~†§¤  component) found mainly along railway   ¤§†~.,,,,,
,,,,.~†§¤#  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  #¤§†~.,,,,
,,,.~†§¤## between  the   rails  and  the  overhead ##¤§†~.,,,
,,.~†§¤###               powerlines.                ###¤§†~.,,
,.~†§¤####                                          ####¤§†~.,
,,.~†§¤### 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.               #¤§†~.,,,,
,,,.~†§¤##                                          ##¤§†~.,,,
,,.~†§¤### 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.                ##¤§†~.,,,
,,.~†§¤###                                          ###¤§†~.,,
,.~†§¤#### 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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