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.