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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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#@¤$$$:~~, NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ,~~:$$$¤@#
##@¤$$:~~, ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ,~~:$$¤@##
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##@¤$$:~~, MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ,~~:$$¤@##
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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 ,,,~~~:$$¤
¤$:::~,,,, CIRCUMSTANCES - IF THE CHOICE IS ,,,,~:::$¤
¤$~~~~,,,, BETWEEN HALTING WITHIN, OR RUNNING INTO ,,,,~~~~$¤
¤$:~,,,,,, ANOTHER TRAIN JUST OUTSIDE, THEY PREFER ,,,,,,~:$¤
@@@¤$$:~~, COLLIDING. ,~~:$$¤@@@
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##@¤$$:~~, 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. ,~~:$$¤@##
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#¤$$$:~~,, THEIR FUNCTION FOR THE RAIL ENVIRONMENT ,,~~:$$$¤#
###¤$$:~~, IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL ,~~:$$¤###
@¤$$:~~~~, IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. ,~~~~:$$¤@
¤$$$$:~,,, SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ,,,~:$$$$¤
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