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¨¨¨¨¨¨,=§@ a  type  of  transformer  (an electrical @§=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨,,,,,-†£  component) found mainly along railway   £†-,,,,,¨¨
¨,-=†§£@##  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  ##@£§†=-,¨
¨¨,,,-†£££ between  the  rails  and   the  overhead £££†-,,,¨¨
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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.               @@@£§†=-,¨
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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.                @££§§†=-,¨
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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 @@@£§†=-,¨
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