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.