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@@@£$^†~~¨  component) found mainly along railway   ¨~~†^$£@@@
##@£$^†~~¨  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  ¨~~†^$£@##
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@$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨               powerlines.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$@
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##@£$^†~~¨     needed. among all rail-adjacent      ¨~~†^$£@##
@@$^^~¨¨¨¨   artifacts/symbols, they belong to the  ¨¨¨¨~^^$@@
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##@£$^†~~¨    secretive about their symbols and     ¨~~†^$£@##
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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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##@£$^†~~¨ water avoids  them. in  light  rain, the ¨~~†^$£@##
##@£$^†~~¨ ground  closest to  a  transformer stays ¨~~†^$£@##
@$††~¨¨¨¨¨ dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or ¨¨¨¨¨~††$@
££$†~~~¨¨¨    stream making a half-circle detour.   ¨¨¨~~~†$££
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##@£$^†~~¨ placed  near  to larger bodies of water. ¨~~†^$£@##
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##@£$^†~~¨    in stray fields and electricities.    ¨~~†^$£@##
@@$$$^†~~¨    superstition exist that they also     ¨~~†^$$$@@
#@$†~~¨¨¨¨ affect  spirits,  gijinkas, and even the ¨¨¨¨~~†$@#
#@£$$^†~~¨        souls of living creatures.        ¨~~†^$$£@#
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