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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.                &$§†~.,,,,
,,,,,.~†§$                                          $§†~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~†§ water  avoids them. in light  rain,  the §†~.,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~† ground  closest to a  transformer  stays †~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.    stream making a half-circle detour.   .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,  generally, sucking transformers are not ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, placed near  to larger bodies  of water. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,. their  function for the rail environment .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ is poorly  understood. they seem to pull ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~†    in stray fields and electricities.    †~.,,,,,,,
,,,,,,.~†§     superstition exist that they also    §†~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~†§$ affect spirits,  gijinkas, and  even the $§†~.,,,,,
,,,,.~†§$&        souls of living creatures.        &$§†~.,,,,
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