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.........~   COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY  ~.........
..........  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ..........
.......... BETWEEN  THE  RAILS  AND  THE   OVERHEAD ..........
..........               POWERLINES.                ..........
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........~« AS FAR  AS TRANSFORMERS  GO,  THESE  ARE «~........
.......~«^ «VERY  BIG«. INSTEAD,  NOT AS  MANY  ARE ^«~.......
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......~«^%               CAN OBSERVE.               %^«~......
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.......... CIRCUMSTANCES  -   IF   THE  CHOICE   IS ..........
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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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..........        SOULS OF LIVING CREATURES.        ..........
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