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#§%%\-¨¨¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨¨¨-\%%§#
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#@#§%%\--¨ SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ¨--\%%§#@#
#@#§%%\--¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨--\%%§#@#
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###§%%\--¨ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¨--\%%§###
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#@#§%%\--¨ BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ¨--\%%§#@#
#@#§%%\--¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨--\%%§#@#
##@#§%\--¨ COLLIDING. ¨--\%§#@##
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##§§%%\--¨ 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 ¨--\%%§#@#
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#@#§%%\--¨ SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ¨--\%%§#@#
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