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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.               ##%†*~:...
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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.                †*~:......
.....:~*†%                                          %†*~:.....
....:~*†%# 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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.....:~*†%    %~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#     %†*~:.....
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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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