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.