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#@#££%^~^, machines, so also with the this ,^~^%££#@#
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#@#££%^~^, a sucking transformer is surrounded by ,^~^%££#@#
#@#££%^~^, 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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£%^^^^~^^, between halting within, or running into ,^^~^^^^%£
#@#££%^~^, another train just outside, they prefer ,^~^%££#@#
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£££%^~~~^, dry. a common sight is a creek or ,^~~~^%£££
##£££%^~^, stream making a half-circle detour. ,^~^%£££##
@##££%^~^, generally, sucking transformers are not ,^~^%££##@
#@#££%^~^, 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 ,^~^%£#@##
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#@#££%^~^, souls of living creatures. ,^~^%££#@#
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