¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨    #%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«#%«     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨    %#«                           %#«     §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨     %«#    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.        ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨