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.