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¶¶@^^.¨¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨.^^@¶¶
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¶¶¶#@=^~.¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨.~^=@#¶¶¶
#@¶#@=^~.¨ POWERLINES. ¨.~^=@#¶@#
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##@#@=^~.¨ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨.~^=@#@##
#@¶#@=^~.¨ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨.~^=@#¶@#
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#===^~~..¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨..~~^===#
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#@===^.¨¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨¨.^===@#
##@¶#=^~.¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨.~^=#¶@##
#@¶#@=^~.¨ CAN OBSERVE. ¨.~^=@#¶@#
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@###@=^~.¨ TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ¨.~^=@###@
@##@@=^~.¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨.~^=@@##@
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##¶#@=^~.¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨.~^=@#¶##
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#@¶#@=^~.¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨.~^=@#¶@#
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@###@=^~.¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨.~^=@###@
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#@¶#@=^~.¨ 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 ¨.~^=@#¶@#
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