¨¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨§§§§
§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§§§¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨    #&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~#&~     §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§§§§§§§§     &#~                           &#~    §§¨§¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨     &~#    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.        §¨§¨¨§§§¨§
¨§§§¨¨§§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§¨§¨
§¨§¨§§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨§§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          §§¨§§¨§§§¨