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.