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.