,,,,»»»*$& &$*»»»,,,,
,-»*$*&&&& &&&&*$*»-,
,,,,-***@# #@***-,,,,
,-»*$*@### ###@*$*»-,
,-»*$*## ###&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@@# #*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*» #@@&*$*»-,
,,,,,,,»$& *#» *#» &$»,,,,,,,
,,,,,--**& *»# 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 &**-,,,,,,
,-»*$*&@## METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ##@&*$*»-,
,,,,»*$$*& CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS &*$$*»,,,,
,-»*$*@### BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ###@*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@@# COLLIDING. #@@&*$*»-,
,,-»»*$&@@ @@&$*»»-,,
,-»*$*&@## WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@@# DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR #@@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@@# GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT #@@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## *»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»# ##@&*$*»-,
,,,---***& &***---,,,
,-»*$*&@## THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ##@&*$*»-,
,,,,-*$*@# IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. #@*$*-,,,,
,-»*$*&&&& SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO &&&&*$*»-,
,,,»»**$*& AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE &*$**»»,,,
,-»**$*& SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. #&&*$**»-,
,-»*$&@### ###@&$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ##@&*$*»-,
,-»*$*&@## ##@&*$*»-,