&&///«¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨«///&&
@&%%«,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,«%%&@
##@&&%/«,¨ ¨,«/%&&@##
@@&&///«,¨ ¨,«///&&@@
@@@&&%/«,¨ ¨,«/%&&@@@
#@@&&%/«,¨ @&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&«@&« ¨,«/%&&@@#
#@@&&%/«,¨ &@« &@« ¨,«/%&&@@#
@@@&&%/«,¨ &«@ 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. ¨,«/%&&@@#
&&%«,,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,,«%&&
@&%/,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,/%&@
##@&&%/«,¨ ¨,«/%&&@##
@@@&&%/«,¨ ¨,«/%&&@@@
#@@&&%/«,¨ ¨,«/%&&@@#