,,,,,:~:=£ £=:~:,,,,,
,,,:~~:@£# #£@:~~:,,,
,:~:=@£@@@ @@@£@=:~:,
,:~:=@£@## ##@£@=:~:,
,,,,,::@@£ £@@::,,,,,
,:~:===@@£ #@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~#@~ £@@===:~:,
,:~:=@£@## @#~ @#~ ##@£@=:~:,
,,:~:==@£# @~# 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. £=~:,,,,,,
,:~:=@£@## ##@£@=:~:,
,:~:=@£££@ @£££@=:~:,
,:~:=@@### ###@@=:~:,
,:~:=@£@## ##@£@=:~:,
,:~:=@@### ###@@=:~:,