,^~^*%§@##                                          ##@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§@##                                          ##@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§@##                                          ##@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§@##                                          ##@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§@##     #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~    ##@§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§§§#     %#~                           %#~    #§§§%*^~^,
,^~^*%§###    %~#    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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