¨§§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§¨§§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§
¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                          §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
§¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§§¨§
¨§§§§¨§¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§§¨    @$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~@$~     §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§    $@~                           $@~     ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
¨§§§¨§§¨¨§    $~@    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.        ¨§§¨§§§¨§§
§¨§§§§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨§§¨
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¨¨¨§¨¨§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§§§§
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§§¨§¨§§§¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨