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.