,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
,^«=*§§§##                                          ##§§§*=«^,
,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
,,^««==§§#    #§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«     #§§==««^,,
,,,^««*§##     §#«                           §#«    ##§*««^,,,
,^«=*§§###    §«#    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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,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
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,^«=*§§###                                          ###§§*=«^,
,,,^«=§§##                                          ##§§=«^,,,