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.