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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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....-«†*@£ 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.               *†«-......
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....-«†*@£ 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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....-«†*@£ 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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