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.