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What is this thing?

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What is this pink railroad tie for? (lemmy.world)
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Stenciling says "6 & 7TH / PDE & 3RD" It's the only pink tie on this track.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

good spot, those wires are smaller than I am used to seeing - so it is a track circuit boundary as well as whatever the pink means.