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.