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.