,~==§%&### ###&%§==~,
,~==§%&### ###&%§==~,
,~==§%&### ###&%§==~,
,~==§%&### ###&%§==~,
,~==§%&### ###&%§==~,
,,,,,~==§& #%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%=#%= &§==~,,,,,
,~==§%&### %#= %#= ###&%§==~,
,~==§%%%## %=# 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. ###&%§==~,
,,,~~~=§%# #%§=~~~,,,
,,,~~===%& &%===~~,,,
,~====%%## ##%%====~,
,,,,,==§&# #&§==,,,,,
,~==§%&&&& &&&&%§==~,