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.