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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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###£=:~^,, 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. ,,,,,,,,^~
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,,,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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=:~^,,,,,, is poorly understood. they seem to pull ,,,,,,^~:=
£=:~^,,,,, in stray fields and electricities. ,,,,,^~:=£
#£=:~^,,,, superstition exist that they also ,,,,^~:=£#
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