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.