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Posted: Apr 18 2013 (18:52)
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This is a manual signal indicator to give "line clear" for a particular railway line. Lit with kerosene lamps even today. Still in use in Kalka/Simla Heritage railway system in India.
The red and green enamel paint has stood vagaries of weather for the past 110 years ! Kudos to British.
This picture was taken in Barog, which was once a breakfast station for British, between Kalka and Simla.
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