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.