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*^=«-,,,,,  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   ,,,,,-«=^*
£*^=«-,,,,  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ,,,,-«=^*£
¶£*^=«-,,, BETWEEN  THE   RAILS  AND  THE  OVERHEAD ,,,-«=^*£¶
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¶£*^=«-,,, «VERY BIG«.  INSTEAD, NOT  AS  MANY  ARE ,,,-«=^*£¶
£*^=«-,,,,      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     ,,,,-«=^*£
*^=«-,,,,,   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  ,,,,,-«=^*
£*^=«-,,,,                RARER KIND.               ,,,,-«=^*£
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¶£*^=«-,,,     SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND    ,,,-«=^*£¶
£*^=«-,,,, MACHINES,   SO  ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ,,,,-«=^*£
*^=«-,,,,, TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE ,,,,,-«=^*
£*^=«-,,,,               CAN OBSERVE.               ,,,,-«=^*£
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£*^=«-,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE,  THEY PREFER ,,,,-«=^*£
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£*^=«-,,,,    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   ,,,,-«=^*£
*^=«-,,,,, GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT  ,,,,,-«=^*
£*^=«-,,,, PLACED NEAR TO LARGER  BODIES  OF WATER. ,,,,-«=^*£
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*^=«-,,,,,    SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO     ,,,,,-«=^*
£*^=«-,,,, AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND  EVEN  THE ,,,,-«=^*£
¶£*^=«-,,,        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ,,,-«=^*£¶
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