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.