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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.               @§***=....
....,^*&@@                                          @@&*^,....
.,=^*&@###     =#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&    ###@&*^=,.
.,=^*&&§§§                                          §§§&&*^=,.
....=^**&@ 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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