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.