,:~=*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*=~:,
,:~=*$§###                                          ###§$*=~:,
,:~=*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*=~:,
,:~=*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*=~:,
,:~=*$§#@#                                          #@#§$*=~:,
,:~*$§#@##    @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~     ##@#§$*~:,
,:~=*$$$$#     $@~                           $@~    #$$$$*=~:,
,,,:==**§#     $~@    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    §***~:,,,,
,:~=*$§#@# affect  spirits, gijinkas, and even  the #@#§$*=~:,
,:~=*$§§§@        souls of living creatures.        @§§§$*=~:,
,,,,,~**§#                                          #§**~,,,,,
,,,,:=*§§§                                          §§§*=:,,,,
,:~=*$§###                                          ###§$*=~:,
,,,,,:=$§§                                          §§$=:,,,,,
,,,,,:~=*§                                          §*=~:,,,,,