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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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