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.