,,,,,,^$$#                                          #$$^,,,,,,
,~^*$§####                                          ####§$*^~,
,,~^*$$§##                                          ##§$$*^~,,
,,,,,,,^$§                                          §$^,,,,,,,
,,~^*$§###                                          ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###    #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~     ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###    $#~                           $#~     ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$####     $~#    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. §**^^^^~,,
,,,,,~^*$#                                          #$*^~,,,,,
,,~^*$§###    $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#     ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###                                          ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§### their function for the rail  environment ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§§## is poorly understood.  they seem to pull ##§§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###    in stray fields and electricities.    ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###     superstition exist that they also    ###§$*^~,,
,,,,,,~^$§ affect spirits, gijinkas,  and  even the §$^~,,,,,,
,,~^*$§###        souls of living creatures.        ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###                                          ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§§§#                                          #§§§$*^~,,
,,~^*$$§§#                                          #§§$$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###                                          ###§$*^~,,
,,~^*$§###                                          ###§$*^~,,