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.