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.