,^«:%§§@##                                          ##@§§%:«^,
,«:%§§@###                                          ###@§§%:«,
,,,,,,«:§@                                          @§:«,,,,,,
,^«:%§§@##                                          ##@§§%:«^,
,,,,,,«:§@                                          @§:«,,,,,,
,,,^::%§§§     #§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«#§«    §§§%::^,,,
,^«:%§§§@@    §#«                           §#«     @@§§§%:«^,
,^«:%§§@##     §«#    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.        §§:^,,,,,,
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,,,^::%§§#                                          #§§%::^,,,