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.