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.