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.