#¶&&^;=,¨¨ ¨¨,=;^&&¶#
¶&&^;=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=;^&&¶
&&^;=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=;^&&
&^;=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=;^&
^;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;^
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&=#&= ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &#= &#= ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ &=# 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. ¨¨,=;^&&¶#
¶&&^;=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=;^&&¶
&&^;=,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,=;^&&
&^;=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=;^&
^;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;^
;=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=;