§%~~..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..~~%§
§§%*.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.*%§§
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##
§§%~~~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~~~%§§
###£§%*~.¨ ¨.~*%§£###
#£$*~¨¨¨¨¨ #$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~ ¨¨¨¨¨~*$£#
§§$%*~.¨¨¨ $#~ $#~ ¨¨¨.~*%$§§
##£§$%*~.¨ $~# 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%%§
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##
#££§$%*~.¨ $~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~#$~# ¨.~*%$§££#
§$$*~~...¨ ¨...~~*$$§
£$%~~..¨¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨¨..~~%$£
###§$%*~.¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨.~*%$§###
###£§$%~.¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨.~%$§£###
£§$$$%*~.¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨.~*%$$$§£
##£§$%*~.¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨.~*%$§£##
##£§$%*~.¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨.~*%$§£##
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##
###£§$%*~. .~*%$§£###
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##
##£§$%*~.¨ ¨.~*%$§£##