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.