....,=:$*@                                          @*$:=,....
...,=:$*@#                                          #@*$:=,...
..,=:$*@##                                          ##@*$:=,..
.,=:$*@###                                          ###@*$:=,.
..,=:$*@##                                          ##@*$:=,..
...,=:$*@#     #*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=    #@*$:=,...
....,=:$*@    *#=                           *#=     @*$:=,....
.....,=:$*     *=#    sucking transformer    *=#    *$:=,.....
......,=:$     =*#                           =*#    $:=,......
.......,=:     =#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*=#*    :=,.......
........,=                                          =,........
........., a  type  of  transformer  (an electrical ,.........
........,=  component) found mainly along railway   =,........
.......,=:  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  :=,.......
......,=:$ 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.        @*$:=,....
.....,=:$*                                          *$:=,.....
......,=:$                                          $:=,......
.......,=:                                          :=,.......
........,=                                          =,........
.........,                                          ,.........