,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####     #&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-#&-    ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####     &#-                           &#-    ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####     &-#    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.        ####&†\-^,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,
,,,^\†&###                                          ###&†\^,,,
,,,^\\†&##                                          ##&†\\^,,,
,,,,--††&#                                          #&††--,,,,
,^-\†&####                                          ####&†\-^,