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.