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,#########  component) found mainly along railway   #,###,#,##
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#,,,,,,,,# between  the  rails  and  the   overhead ,#,#,,,##,
#,,,,,,,##                powerlines.               ####,,#,##
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#,,,,,##,, as far as  transformers  go,  these  are ,,###,,#,#
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#,,,####,#      needed. among all rail-adjacent     ##,###,,##
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#,,##,,##, the   railpeople  are  in  general  very ,#,##,,##,
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########## machines,  so   also   with   the   this ,,######,,
,,,,,,,,,# transformer.  what  we  know is what  we ,#,,,,,#,#
,,,,,,,,#,               can observe.               ##,,,,####
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,,,,,,#,## a  sucking  transformer is surrounded by ##,,##,,##
,,,,,###,, 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 ,,,,,,####
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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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,,#,,,,,,#    in stray fields and electricities.    ,#,,,##,##
,##,,,,,##     superstition exist that they also    ##,,#,##,#
#,#,,,,#,# affect spirits,  gijinkas, and even  the ,#,###,###
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