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.