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.