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.