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.