,,,,,-===@ @===-,,,,,
,,,,,~-=@@ @@=-~,,,,,
,~-==§@@## ##@@§==-~,
,,,,~=§§@@ @@§§=~,,,,
,,,,~~==§@ @§==~~,,,,
,,,,,~=§§@ #§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§-#§- @§§=~,,,,,
,,,,--=§§@ §#- §#- @§§=--,,,,
,,,--==§@# §-# 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. @@=---~,,,
,~-==§@### ###@§==-~,
,~-==§§@@@ @@@§§==-~,
,,,,,~==@# #@==~,,,,,
,~-==§@@## ##@@§==-~,
,~-==§@### ###@§==-~,