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.