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.