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$%/~-,,,,,  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  ,,,,,-~/%$
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$%/~-,,,,,               powerlines.                ,,,,,-~/%$
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£&$%/~-,,, as  far  as  transformers go,  these are ,,,-~/%$&£
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#£&$%/~-,,   artifacts/symbols, they belong to the  ,,-~/%$&£#
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&$%/~-,,,,     secretive about their symbols and    ,,,,-~/%$&
£&$%/~-,,, machines,  so   also   with   the   this ,,,-~/%$&£
#£&$%/~-,, transformer. what  we know  is  what  we ,,-~/%$&£#
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£&$%/~-,,, a sucking transformer is  surrounded  by ,,,-~/%$&£
&$%/~-,,,, two  signs,  both  around   twenty  four ,,,,-~/%$&
$%/~-,,,,, meters to each  side  of  it. tranins do ,,,,,-~/%$
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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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$%/~-,,,,, placed near  to larger bodies  of water. ,,,,,-~/%$
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#£&$%/~-,, is poorly  understood. they seem to pull ,,-~/%$&£#
£&$%/~-,,,    in stray fields and electricities.    ,,,-~/%$&£
&$%/~-,,,,    superstition exist that they also     ,,,,-~/%$&
$%/~-,,,,, affect  spirits, gijinkas, and  even the ,,,,,-~/%$
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