¨¨,-\$#@## ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-\$#@# #@#$\-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-\$#@## ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨,-\$#@### ###@#$\-,¨
¨¨,-\$#@## ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-\$#@# #$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$-#$- #@#$\-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-\$#@## $#- $#- ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨,-\$#@### $-# 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. ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨,-\$#@### ###@#$\-,¨
¨¨,-\$#@## ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-\$#@# #@#$\-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-\$#@## ##@#$\-,¨¨
¨,-\$#@### ###@#$\-,¨