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.