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.