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.