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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 ,,####,,#,
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,##,,##,,# another train  just outside, they prefer ,,#,#,#,,#
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,,,,,#,,#,    superstition exist that they also     #,,#,,#,,#
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