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.