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.