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.