§§¨§¨¨§¨§§                                          §§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨§§§¨                                          §¨§¨§§§§¨§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨¨§§
¨§§§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§§§§§                                          ¨§§¨¨§§¨§§
§§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨    #%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~#%~     ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨     %#~                           %#~    §§§§§§§§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨     %~#    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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¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§§§¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§§§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§§