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¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
§§§¨§¨§§¨§ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨¨¨§§§§¨§§ POWERLINES. §¨§§§§§¨§§
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¨¨§§¨§¨§§§ =VERY BIG=. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE §§¨§§¨¨§§§
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§§§§§¨¨¨§¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §¨§¨§§§§§¨
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¨§§§§¨§§§¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §¨§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨§ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨§¨§ CAN OBSERVE. ¨§¨§§¨§§§¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨ 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 ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§
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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 §§§¨§§§¨§§
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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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