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.