¨§¨§¨¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§    #@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»#@»     ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨    @#»                           @#»     ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨     @»#    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.        ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨