RailPictures.Net Photo: CSX Transportation (CSXT) at Germantown, Maryland by Janusz Mrozek

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» CSX Transportation (CSXT) (more..)
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» Cloppers
» Germantown, Maryland, USA (more..)
» July 08, 2007

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The "G" plate usually designates a "grade" signal where a train can pass a stop and proceed signal without stopping (but at restricted speed) so as not to stall on the grade. At the Cloppers CPL the plate serves to keep the train moving through the nearby defect detector.

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Railway Signals Album created by member Michael William Sullivan	Album Views: 368,680
Semaphores, lamps, signs, hand signals. Anything that sends a visible message to train crews.

Signal Details Album created by member Janusz Mrozek	Album Views: 17,138
Shots with portions of signals in them. Interesting signal head and other crops of signals; full ground signals also.

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ApertureFNumber	f/4.0
Make	Canon
Model	Canon EOS 20D
ExposureTime	1/6400
ISOSpeedRatings	400
Flash	16
FocalLength	163/1