,:«;*&#@@# #@@#&*;«:,
,:«;*&#@## ##@#&*;«:,
,:«;*&#@@@ @@@#&*;«:,
,,,,,,:;&@ @&;:,,,,,,
,:«;*&#@@@ @@@#&*;«:,
,,::«;**&# @&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&« #&**;«::,,
,,,,::«*#@ &@« &@« @#*«::,,,,
,:«;*&#@@@ &«@ 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. @@@#&*;«:,
,:«;*&##@@ @@##&*;«:,
,:«;*&#@@# #@@#&*;«:,
,,,::;;*#@ @#*;;::,,,
,,,,««*&&# #&&*««,,,,
,,,,««*&&@ @&&*««,,,,