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.