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.