§§¨§§¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§§§¨§¨§§
¨§§¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
§¨§§¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
§§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§§¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨     #§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»#§»    ¨§§§§§§¨§¨
§§¨§¨§§¨¨¨     §#»                           §#»    §¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨§§§§¨§¨¨¨     §»#    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.        §§§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§§§¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          §§¨§¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§§§§§¨¨