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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.               ###£%=*-^,
,,,,-**%%#                                          #%%**-,,,,
,,,,,--*=£ 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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