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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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¨§§¨§§§¨¨§ AS FAR AS TRANSFORMERS GO, THESE ARE ¨¨§¨§§¨§¨§
§¨§§¨¨§¨§§ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨§§§¨§§§§§
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¨§§§§¨¨§§¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE §¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
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§¨§¨¨¨§§§¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS §¨§¨§§¨§§§
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§¨¨§§¨§§§¨ A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ¨§§§¨¨§§¨§
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§§§§¨§¨§¨¨ 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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¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨ WATER AVOIDS THEM. IN LIGHT RAIN, THE ¨¨§§§§§¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨§§§¨§¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR §§¨¨¨§¨¨§§
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§§§¨§§¨§¨¨ IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨§§§¨§ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨¨§§¨¨§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨¨§§¨ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
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