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.