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#@£§%~~,..  component) found mainly along railway   ..,~~%§£@#
##@£§%^~,.  lines. they're usually mounted halfway  .,~^%§£@##
#@££§%^~,. between  the   rails  and  the  overhead .,~^%§££@#
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##@£§%^~,. ~very big~.  instead,  not  as many  are .,~^%§£@##
£%^^,.....      needed. among all rail-adjacent     .....,^^%£
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##@£§%^~,.     secretive about their symbols and    .,~^%§£@##
#£%%%^,,,. machines,  so   also   with   the   this .,,,^%%%£#
#@£%~,.... transformer.  what  we know is  what  we ....,~%£@#
££§§§%^~,.               can observe.               .,~^%§§§££
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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 .,~%§£@###
##@£§%^~,.                colliding.                .,~^%§£@##
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##@£§%^~,. water avoids  them.  in light rain,  the .,~^%§£@##
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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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#@@£§%^~,. is poorly understood. they seem  to pull .,~^%§£@@#
##@£§%^~,.    in stray fields and electricities.    .,~^%§£@##
£%~.......     superstition exist that they also    .......~%£
##@£§%^~,. affect spirits,  gijinkas,  and even the .,~^%§£@##
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