..«\*&@###                                          ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##                                          ##@&*\«...
..«\*&@###                                          ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##                                          ##@&*\«...
..«\*&@###                                          ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##     #*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«#*«    ##@&*\«...
..«\*&@###    *#«                           *#«     ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##    *«#    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.        ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##                                          ##@&*\«...
..«\*&@###                                          ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##                                          ##@&*\«...
..«\*&@###                                          ###@&*\«..
...«\*&@##                                          ##@&*\«...