.~=:*$#@@#                                          #@@#$*:=~.
.~=:*$##@@                                          @@##$*:=~.
..~~==**##                                          ##**==~~..
.~=:*$###@                                          @###$*:=~.
...~=::**#                                          #**::=~...
.~=:*$#@@@     @$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=    @@@#$*:=~.
.....~:$@@     $@=                           $@=    @@$:~.....
...~==*$@@     $=@    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 #@@#$*:=~.
.~=:*$$$@@        souls of living creatures.        @@$$$*:=~.
.....~::$#                                          #$::~.....
.~=:*$#@@@                                          @@@#$*:=~.
.~=:****#@                                          @#****:=~.
...~==*#@@                                          @@#*==~...
.~=:*$#@@#                                          #@@#$*:=~.