@@*=†»:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:»†=*@@
#@#@*=†»:¨ ¨:»†=*@#@#
@##@*=†»:¨ ¨:»†=*@##@
@@#@*=†»:¨ ¨:»†=*@#@@
@=†»::¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨::»†=@
###@*=†»:¨ @*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*» ¨:»†=*@###
###@*=†»:¨ *@» *@» ¨:»†=*@###
#@#@*=†»:¨ *»@ 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. ¨¨¨¨»»†*@@
#*†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:†*#
#@==††»¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»††==@#
#@#@*=†»:¨ ¨:»†=*@#@#
##***=†»:¨ ¨:»†=***##
##@#@=†»:¨ ¨:»†=@#@##