@@¤$§*-,¨¨ ¨¨,-*§$¤@@
@¤$§*-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-*§$¤@
¤$§*-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-*§$¤
$§*-,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,-*§$
§*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*§
*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ @$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ $@- $@- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ $-@ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ $-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@$-@ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*
§*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*§
$§*-,¨¨¨¨¨ THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ¨¨¨¨¨,-*§$
¤$§*-,¨¨¨¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨¨¨¨,-*§$¤
@¤$§*-,¨¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨,-*§$¤@
@@¤$§*-,¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨,-*§$¤@@
#@@¤$§*-,¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨,-*§$¤@@#
@@¤$§*-,¨¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨¨,-*§$¤@@
@¤$§*-,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,-*§$¤@
¤$§*-,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,-*§$¤
$§*-,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,-*§$
§*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*§
*-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-*