Point and signal levers in a railway signal box.

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Stephen Barnes/Transport / Alamy Stock Photo

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C7KFKX

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4288 x 2848 px | 36.3 x 24.1 cm | 14.3 x 9.5 inches | 300dpi

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20 September 2011

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