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.