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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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##@¤@$:«~, «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ,~«:$@¤@##
##@¤@$:«~, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,~«:$@¤@##
##@¤@$:«~, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,~«:$@¤@##
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¤$::«~,,,, SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND ,,,,~«::$¤
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##@¤@$:«~, A SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS SURROUNDED BY ,~«:$@¤@##
¤@$:«««~,, TWO SIGNS, BOTH AROUND TWENTY FOUR ,,~«««:$@¤
#@@:~,,,,, METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO ,,,,,~:@@#
##@¤@$:«~, NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ,~«:$@¤@##
##@¤@$:«~, CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,~«:$@¤@##
##@¤@$:«~, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,~«:$@¤@##
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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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