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.