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.