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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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