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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.                ###¤*†=~-,
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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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