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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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,-»^†$§#@#                                          #@#§$†^»-,
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,-»^†$§#@#                                          #@#§$†^»-,