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.