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.