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.