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.