&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨ ¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&&&¨¨¨ &&¨¨¨¨&&&¨
&&¨¨&&¨¨&¨ &¨¨&&¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
&&&&&&&&&& ¨&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& #%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%»#%» ¨¨&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&¨ %#» %#» &¨¨&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&¨¨ %»# 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. &&&¨¨¨¨&&&
&&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨ &&¨¨&&¨¨&&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&&& &¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨&&&&¨¨&& ¨¨&&&&&&¨¨
&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨& ¨¨¨&&&&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨ &&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨