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.