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.