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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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§§§§§¨¨§§§ »VERY BIG». INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§§
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§§§¨¨§§¨¨§ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT §§§§§§¨¨¨§
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§§¨¨§§¨¨§§ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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