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##¤&§\«:,, LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ,,:«\§&¤##
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«:,,,,,,,, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,,,,,,,,:«
:,,,,,,,,, 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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##¤&§\«:,, 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 ,,,:«\§&¤#
¤&§\«:,,,, CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,,,,:«\§&¤
&§\«:,,,,, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,,,,,:«\§&
§\«:,,,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,,,:«\§
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,,,,,,,,,, GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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¤&§\«:,,,, THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ,,,,:«\§&¤
#¤&§\«:,,, 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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