¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
§§§§§§§§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
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§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§    $#«                           $#«     ¨§§¨§¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§    $«#    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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¨§§§§§§§§§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨