&¨¨&&&¨&&& &¨¨&¨¨¨&¨&
¨&¨&¨¨&&¨¨ ¨&¨&&¨¨&&&
&&&&&¨&¨&¨ ¨&&&¨&¨&¨¨
&¨¨¨¨&&&&& &&¨¨&&&&&¨
&&¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&¨&¨¨¨¨&
¨¨&¨¨&&¨¨¨ @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~ ¨¨&&&&¨¨¨&
&¨&&¨&¨&¨¨ $@~ $@~ &¨&¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨&&¨&&&&&¨ $~@ 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. ¨¨&¨¨¨&&&¨
&¨¨&&¨&¨&¨ &¨&&¨¨&¨¨&
¨&¨&¨&&&&& ¨&&¨&¨&&¨&
&&&&&&¨¨¨¨ ¨&¨&&&&¨&&
¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ &&&&¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨ ¨¨¨¨&¨¨&¨&