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.