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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.                ^.........
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.......^~/ 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.               /~^.......
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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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