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.