§¨¨§¨§§§¨§                                          §¨§§¨§¨§¨§
¨§¨§§§¨¨§§                                          §§§¨§§§§§§
§§§§¨¨§¨§¨                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          §§§§§§§¨¨¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨     #*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»#*»    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§§§§¨§§¨     *#»                           *#»    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§     *»#    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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