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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. ..########
####..##.. #..#######
###....... 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. ##..##..#.
....####.. #.........
###..##..# %=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@ ..########
##........ ...#######
#..######. 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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