...~~*†$ #&$†*~~...
..~~*†$# ##&$†*~~..
.~~*†$## ###&$†*~~.
..~~*†$# ##&$†*~~..
...~~*†$ #&$†*~~...
....~~*†$& #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ &$†*~~....
.....~~*†$ $#~ $#~ $†*~~.....
......~~*† $~# 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. #&$†*~~...
..~~*†$# ##&$†*~~..
.~~*†$## ###&$†*~~.
..~~*†$# ##&$†*~~..
...~~*†$ #&$†*~~...
....~~*†$& &$†*~~....