,:~^$$## ###&$$^~:,
,:~^$$## ###&$$^~:,
,:~^$### ####&$^~:,
,,,,,,~$$& &$$~,,,,,,
,:~^$$#### ####$$^~:,
,:~^$$## #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ ###&$$^~:,
,,:~^$$$ $#~ $#~ #&$$$^~:,,
,:~^$$## $~# sucking transformer $~# ###&$$^~:,
,:~^$$## ~$# ~$# ###&$$^~:,
,,,::^$$&& ~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$ &&$$^::,,,
,:~^$$## ###&$$^~:,
,:~^$$## a type of transformer (an electrical ###&$$^~:,
,:~~~~$$ component) found mainly along railway #&$$~~~~:,
,:~^^^$$$& lines. they're usually mounted halfway &$$$^^^~:,
,,,,,:~~$& between the rails and the overhead &$~~:,,,,,
,,,:~~^$## powerlines. ##$^~~:,,,
,:~^$$$$$# #$$$$$^~:,
,:~^$$&& 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. &$$~~~,,,,
,,,,,,:~$& &$~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:^$$# #$$^:,,,,,
,:~^$$## ###&$$^~:,
,,,:~^^$ #&$^^~:,,,
,,,,,:^$&& &&$^:,,,,,