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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 #,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,#,##,, AS FAR  AS  TRANSFORMERS  GO, THESE  ARE ,###,,,,,,
,,,,,,###, «VERY  BIG«. INSTEAD,  NOT AS  MANY  ARE ,#,##,,,,,
,,,,,,#,##      NEEDED. AMONG ALL RAIL-ADJACENT     ,,,###,,,,
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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.   ,,,,,,###,
,,#,,#,,,,  GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ,,,,,,#,##
#,,#,,#,,, PLACED NEAR TO  LARGER BODIES OF  WATER. #,,,,,,,##
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