switch target

switch target
A device so adjusted to a railroad switch stand that the switch cannot be opened or closed without shifting the targets, the white to a right angle position to the main track when the switch is closed, and the red to a similar position when the switch is open. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v Barker, 169 Ind 670, 83 NE 369.

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