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.