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.:~\%@#### AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ####@%\~:.
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.:~\%@#### 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. #@%%\\~...
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.:~\%@#### THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ####@%\~:.
.:~\%@#### IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ####@%\~:.
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.....:\@@# SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO #@@\:.....
.:~\%@#### AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ####@%\~:.
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