,,,,,,;;%§                                          §%;;,,,,,,
,,-;%*§¶@#                                          #@¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶##                                          ##¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶@@                                          @@¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶@@                                          @@¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶##     @*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-@*-    ##¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶¶@     *@-                           *@-    @¶¶§*%;-,,
,,-;%*§¶@#     *-@    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.        §%;,,,,,,,
,,-%*§¶@##                                          ##@¶§*%-,,
,,,,,,-%§§                                          §§%-,,,,,,
,,,,--;%§§                                          §§%;--,,,,
,,,---;%%§                                          §%%;---,,,
,,-;%*§§§§                                          §§§§*%;-,,