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##@#£*\»^, component) found mainly along railway ,^»\*£#@##
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£*\»^,,,,, transformer. what we know is what we ,,,,,^»\*£
#£*\»^,,,, 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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#@#£*\»^,, ground closest to a transformer stays ,,^»\*£#@#
##@#£*\»^, dry. a common sight is a creek or ,^»\*£#@##
#@#£*\»^,, stream making a half-circle detour. ,,^»\*£#@#
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##@#£*\»^, superstition exist that they also ,^»\*£#@##
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