.~=;***$@@                                          @@$***;=~.
.~=;**$$@@                                          @@$$**;=~.
.....=;**&                                          &**;=.....
....==*$&@                                          @&$*==....
.~=;*$$&@@                                          @@&$$*;=~.
.~=;*$&@@#     @$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=    #@@&$*;=~.
.~==;;;$@@    $@=                           $@=     @@$;;;==~.
.....~;$&@     $=@    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.        @@$$*;~~..
.~=;*$&@@#                                          #@@&$*;=~.
.~=;*$&@@#                                          #@@&$*;=~.
.....=*$@@                                          @@$*=.....
.~=;*&@@##                                          ##@@&*;=~.
.~=;*$&@@#                                          #@@&$*;=~.