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.