........., ,.........
........,- -,........
.......,-/ /-,.......
......,-/§ §/-,......
.....,-/§% %§/-,.....
....,-/§%# #%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%-#%- #%§/-,....
...,-/§%#@ %#- %#- @#%§/-,...
..,-/§%#@# %-# 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. @#%§/-,...
....,-/§%# #%§/-,....
.....,-/§% %§/-,.....
......,-/§ §/-,......
.......,-/ /-,.......
........,- -,........