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.