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#@@§§*\=:. COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY .:=\*§§@@#
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§§**=..... ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE .....=**§§
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§§§§§*\=:. MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS .:=\*§§§§§
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#@@§§*\=:. CAN OBSERVE. .:=\*§§@@#
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##@@§*\=:. A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY .:=\*§@@##
@@§§§*\=:. TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR .:=\*§§§@@
@@§§§*\=:. METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO .:=\*§§§@@
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@@§\===... CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ...===\§@@
#@@§§*\=:. BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO .:=\*§§@@#
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#@@§§*\=:. COLLIDING. .:=\*§§@@#
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#@@§§*\=:. WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE .:=\*§§@@#
##@@§*\=:. 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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#@@§§*\=:. 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. .:=\*§§§§§
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