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.