,^~†§*####                                          ####*§†~^,
,,^~†§*###                                          ###*§†~^,,
,,,^~†§*##                                          ##*§†~^,,,
,,,,^~†§*#                                          #*§†~^,,,,
,,,,,^~†§*                                          *§†~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~†§     #*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~#*~    §†~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~†§*     *#~                           *#~    *§†~^,,,,,
,,,,^~†§*#     *~#    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.        *§†~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~†§                                          §†~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~†§*                                          *§†~^,,,,,
,,,,^~†§*#                                          #*§†~^,,,,
,,,^~†§*##                                          ##*§†~^,,,
,,^~†§*###                                          ###*§†~^,,