,:~=§$##@#                                          #@##$§=~:,
,,:~=§$##@                                          @##$§=~:,,
,,,:~=§$##                                          ##$§=~:,,,
,,:~=§$##@                                          @##$§=~:,,
,:~=§$##@#                                          #@##$§=~:,
,,:~=§$##@    @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~     @##$§=~:,,
,,,:~=§$##    $@~                           $@~     ##$§=~:,,,
,,:~=§$##@     $~@    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. @##$§=~:,,
,,,:~=§$##                                          ##$§=~:,,,
,,:~=§$##@     $~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@    @##$§=~:,,
,:~=§$##@#                                          #@##$§=~:,
,,:~=§$##@ their function  for the rail environment @##$§=~:,,
,,,:~=§$## is poorly understood. they seem to  pull ##$§=~:,,,
,,:~=§$##@    in stray fields and electricities.    @##$§=~:,,
,:~=§$##@#    superstition exist that they also     #@##$§=~:,
,,:~=§$##@ affect spirits,  gijinkas, and  even the @##$§=~:,,
,,,:~=§$##        souls of living creatures.        ##$§=~:,,,
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,:~=§$##@#                                          #@##$§=~:,
,,:~=§$##@                                          @##$§=~:,,
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