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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. £*/«,,,,,,
,,,,,«/*£@                                          @£*/«,,,,,
,,,,«/*£@£     £«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#£«#    £@£*/«,,,,
,,,«/*£@£#                                          #£@£*/«,,,
,,«/*£@£## 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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