..&&.&.&&. .&&.&&..&.
..&&...&&. .&&.&&&..&
&.&&&..&&& .&&.&.&&..
..&.&&.&.& .&&...&&&.
....&&...& .&&&..&.&&
&...&&&..& #@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@=#@= .&.&&...&&
&&..&.&&.. @#= @#= ...&&&..&.
&&&...&&&. @=# 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. &.&&...&&&
&....&.... ..&&&..&.&
&&....&... ..&.&&...&
.&&....&.. &...&&&..&
.&&&....&. &&..&.&&..
.&.&&....& &&&...&&&.