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.