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.