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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 #***=,,,,,
,,,,,,=$@#      needed. among all rail-adjacent     #@$=,,,,,,
,,«««=**$@  artifacts/symbols, they belong to the   @$**=«««,,
,,«=*$#@##               rarer kind.                ##@#$*=«,,
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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. @##$$*=«,,
,,«=*$#@##                                          ##@#$*=«,,
,,,,,««*##     $«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#$«#    ##*««,,,,,
,,«=*$#@##                                          ##@#$*=«,,
,,,,,,=*$@ their function for  the rail environment @$*=,,,,,,
,,,,,«=$$# 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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