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.