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,,###,,##,   component) found mainly along railway  ,,####,#,,
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#,#,,#,,#, «very  big«. instead, not  as  many  are ##,,,#,#,#
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,,#,,,,### the  railpeople  are  in  general   very ,,#,,,#,##
#,##,,,#,,     secretive about their symbols and    #,##,,###,
###,#,,##, machines,  so   also   with   the   this ###,#,#,,#
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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 ##,,,,,,##
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,###,,#### dry.  a  common  sight  is  a  creek  or ,###,,,,##
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#,#,####,,  generally, sucking transformers are not ###,##,,##
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,,,###,,#,    superstition exist that they also     ,,,,####,,
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