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.