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/«,,,,,,,, artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ,,,,,,,,«/
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#@£&=/«,,, machines, so also with the this ,,,«/=&£@#
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=/«,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,«/=&
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#@£&=/«,,, another train just outside, they prefer ,,,«/=&£@#
##@£&=/«,, colliding. ,,«/=&£@##
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£&=/«,,,,, ground closest to a transformer stays ,,,,,«/=&£
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=/«,,,,,,, stream making a half-circle detour. ,,,,,,,«/=
/«,,,,,,,, generally, sucking transformers are not ,,,,,,,,«/
=/«,,,,,,, placed near to larger bodies of water. ,,,,,,,«/=
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#@£&=/«,,, in stray fields and electricities. ,,,«/=&£@#
@£&=/«,,,, superstition exist that they also ,,,,«/=&£@
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