¨¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§§§¨§¨§§§
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨     @*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»@*»    §§¨§§§¨¨§§
§¨¨¨§§§§§§     *@»                           *@»    ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨    *»@    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.        §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨¨§
§§§§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§§§§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨