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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ POWERLINES. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ RARER KIND. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ 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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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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