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#††==.¨¨¨¨ A TYPE OF TRANSFORMER (AN ELECTRICAL ¨¨¨¨.==††#
##@#§†^=.¨ COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY ¨.=^†§#@##
###@#§†^=. LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY .=^†§#@###
@@@#§†^=.¨ BETWEEN THE RAILS AND THE OVERHEAD ¨.=^†§#@@@
##@#§†^=.¨ POWERLINES. ¨.=^†§#@##
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@@@#§†^=.¨ NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT ¨.=^†§#@@@
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##@#§†^=.¨ RARER KIND. ¨.=^†§#@##
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##@#§†^=.¨ MACHINES, SO ALSO WITH THE THIS ¨.=^†§#@##
##@#§†^=.¨ TRANSFORMER. WHAT WE KNOW IS WHAT WE ¨.=^†§#@##
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##@#§†^=.¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨.^§@@
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#@#§§†^=.¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨.=^†§§#@#
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###@§†^=.¨ SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO ¨.=^†§@###
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