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.