,,,~*%§£## ##£§%*~,,,
,,,,~*%§£# #£§%*~,,,,
,,,,,~*%§£ £§%*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*%§ §%*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~*%§£ £§%*~,,,,,
,,,,~*%§£# #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~ #£§%*~,,,,
,,,~*%§£## %#~ %#~ ##£§%*~,,,
,,~*%§£### %~# 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. ##£§%*~,,,
,,~*%§£### ###£§%*~,,
,,,~*%§£## ##£§%*~,,,
,,,,~*%§£# #£§%*~,,,,
,,,,,~*%§£ £§%*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~*%§ §%*~,,,,,,