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¶¶&†«..... LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY .....«†&¶¶
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&&††«,.... «VERY BIG«. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ....,«††&&
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¶¶¶&&††«,. METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO .,«††&&¶¶¶
&&&&&††«,. NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY .,«††&&&&&
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##¶&&††«,. 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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##¶&&††«,. THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT .,«††&&¶##
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