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.