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.