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.