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.