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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.                ...~~/*&¶@
¶¶%*««~~~.                                          .~~~««*%¶¶
#@¶&%*/«~. 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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