,.~†§%¤###                                          ###¤%§†~.,
,,.~†§%¤##                                          ##¤%§†~.,,
,,,.~†§%¤#                                          #¤%§†~.,,,
,,.~†§%¤##                                          ##¤%§†~.,,
,.~†§%¤###                                          ###¤%§†~.,
,,.~†§%¤##     #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~    ##¤%§†~.,,
,,,.~†§%¤#    %#~                           %#~     #¤%§†~.,,,
,,.~†§%¤##     %~#    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.        #¤%§†~.,,,
,,.~†§%¤##                                          ##¤%§†~.,,
,.~†§%¤###                                          ###¤%§†~.,
,,.~†§%¤##                                          ##¤%§†~.,,
,,,.~†§%¤#                                          #¤%§†~.,,,
,,.~†§%¤##                                          ##¤%§†~.,,