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@£&^^~:,,, LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY ,,,:~^^&£@
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~:,,,,,,,, ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,,,,,,,,,:
,,,,,,,,,, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, THE RAILPEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ,,,,,,,,:~
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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 ,:~^^&£@##
#@£&^^~:,, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,,:~^^&£@#
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~:,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,:~^
^^~:,,,,,, SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES. ,,,,,,:~^^
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