¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
§§¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨§     @$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=@$=    ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§     $@=                           $@=    ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§     $=@    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.        §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
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¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§