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.