Homewood, Illinois, USA. A manual switch throwing device on a railroad yard lead track switch.

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A manual switch throwing device on a lead track switch. The practice is common at the Canadian National Railway's Markham Yard in south suburban Chicago. At many yards, switches are thrown electronically from a tower or remote location, however, at the outskirts of this yard, the switches are still require a railroad yard worker to manually throw switches.

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Size: 5568px × 3706px
Location: Homewood, Illinois, USA
Photo credit: © Bruce Leighty / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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