,^-/*§&@##                                          ##@&§*/-^,
,,^-/*§&@#                                          #@&§*/-^,,
,,,^-/*§&@                                          @&§*/-^,,,
,,,,^-/*§&                                          &§*/-^,,,,
,,,^-/*§&@                                          @&§*/-^,,,
,,^-/*§&@#     #§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-    #@&§*/-^,,
,^-/*§&@##     §#-                           §#-    ##@&§*/-^,
,,^-/*§&@#    §-#    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.        ##@&§*/-^,
,,^-/*§&@#                                          #@&§*/-^,,
,,,^-/*§&@                                          @&§*/-^,,,
,,,,^-/*§&                                          &§*/-^,,,,
,,,^-/*§&@                                          @&§*/-^,,,
,,^-/*§&@#                                          #@&§*/-^,,