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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     @£££/-,,,,
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,,,,,~/££@ THE   RAILPEOPLE  ARE  IN  GENERAL  VERY @££/~,,,,,
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,-~/%£§@## 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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