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.