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.