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.