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#@#$%;~,¨¨ LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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#@#$%;~,¨¨ POWERLINES. ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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#$%;~,¨¨¨¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨¨¨¨,~;%$#
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#@#$%;~,¨¨ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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#@#$%;~,¨¨ CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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#$%;~,¨¨¨¨ ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ¨¨¨¨,~;%$#
$%;~,¨¨¨¨¨ COLLIDING. ¨¨¨¨¨,~;%$
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$%;~,¨¨¨¨¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨¨¨¨,~;%$
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#@#$%;~,¨¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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#@#$%;~,¨¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨¨,~;%$#@#
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$%;~,¨¨¨¨¨ IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ¨¨¨¨¨,~;%$
#$%;~,¨¨¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨¨,~;%$#
@#$%;~,¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨¨,~;%$#@
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