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.