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.