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#,##,,,#,#  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ,,,,#,,,,,
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,,#,,,,,#, MACHINES,   SO  ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ,,,,,###,,
,,,#,,,,,# TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE  KNOW  IS  WHAT  WE ,,,,,#,##,
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,##,,,,#,, 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 ,,,,,,,#,,
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