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.