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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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#*^^^^.... the railpeople are in general very ....^^^^*#
@$$*^^^«.. secretive about their symbols and ..«^^^*$$@
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##@#$*^«.. transformer. what we know is what we ..«^*$#@##
#*^^...... can observe. ......^^*#
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#***«..... 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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@@#$^^.... water avoids them. in light rain, the ....^^$#@@
#$^....... ground closest to a transformer stays .......^$#
#$^«««.... dry. a common sight is a creek or ....«««^$#
#$^....... stream making a half-circle detour. .......^$#
@@@#$*^«.. generally, sucking transformers are not ..«^*$#@@@
#*«....... placed near to larger bodies of water. .......«*#
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##@@$*^«.. is poorly understood. they seem to pull ..«^*$@@##
##@#$*^«.. in stray fields and electricities. ..«^*$#@##
##@#$*^«.. superstition exist that they also ..«^*$#@##
#$$*^^.... affect spirits, gijinkas, and even the ....^^*$$#
#@@#$*^«.. souls of living creatures. ..«^*$#@@#
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