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:,,,,,,,,, powerlines. ,,,,,,,,,:
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,,,,,,,,,, ~very big~. instead, not as many are ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, needed. among all rail-adjacent ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, artifacts/symbols, they belong to the ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, rarer kind. ,,,,,,,,,,
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:,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,,,, their function for the rail environment ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, is poorly understood. they seem to pull ,,,,,,,,,,
:,,,,,,,,, in stray fields and electricities. ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, superstition exist that they also ,,,,,,,,:~
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