....~††%%@                                          @%%††~....
.~=†$$$$@#                                          #@$$$$†=~.
....~=$%@@                                          @@%$=~....
...~†$$@@@                                          @@@$$†~...
.~=†$$%@#@                                          @#@%$$†=~.
...~††%%#@    @%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=     @#%%††~...
.~=†$%@#@#    %@=                           %@=     #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@@    %=@    sucking transformer    %=@     @@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@#     =%@                           =%@    #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$@#@##    =@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%     ##@#@$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@@                                          @@#@%$†=~.
....==$$%# 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 #@@$$$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@@ circumstances  -   if  the   choice   is @@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@# between halting within, or  running into #@#@%$†=~.
.....~=$@# another train  just outside, they prefer #@$=~.....
.~=†$%@#@@                colliding.                @@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@##@                                          @##@%$†=~.
....~†$@@# water  avoids them. in light  rain,  the #@@$†~....
.~=†$%@@## ground closest to  a  transformer  stays ##@@%$†=~.
....~~=$%# dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or #%$=~~....
.~=†$%@##@   stream making a half-circle detour.    @##@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@#  generally, sucking transformers are not #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@@@@ placed near to  larger  bodies of water. @@@@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@#                                          #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@#     %=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@%=@    #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@#                                          #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@#@# their  function for the rail environment #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%#@## is poorly understood. they  seem to pull ##@#%$†=~.
.....=$%%#    in stray fields and electricities.    #%%$=.....
.....~††$@     superstition exist that they also    @$††~.....
...~~~=†%@ affect  spirits, gijinkas, and even  the @%†=~~~...
....~†$%%#        souls of living creatures.        #%%$†~....
.~=†$@#@##                                          ##@#@$†=~.
.~=†$%#@##                                          ##@#%$†=~.
....~=$$$@                                          @$$$=~....
.~=†$%@#@#                                          #@#@%$†=~.
.~=†$%@##@                                          @##@%$†=~.