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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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