§¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§¨¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§    #%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«     ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§     %#«                           %#«    ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨    %«#    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.        §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
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§§¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨