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.