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.