,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,,,,,,:\*§                                          §*\:,,,,,,
,:~\**%%%§                                          §%%%**\~:,
,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,:~\*%§@@@    @%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~@%~     @@@§%*\~:,
,,,,,:\*%§    %@~                           %@~     §%*\:,,,,,
,:~\*%§@@#     %~@    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.        #@@§%*\~:,
,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,,,:~***§@                                          @§***~:,,,
,:~\*%§@@#                                          #@@§%*\~:,
,,,,:~\*§§                                          §§*\~:,,,,