The Position Light

A blog devoted to explaining the ins and outs of North American railroad signaling, past, present and future. This blog seeks to preserve through photo documentation the great diversity and technical ingenuity of 20th century signaling and interlocking hardware and technology. Related topics cover interlocking towers and railroad communications infrastructure.

Note, due to a web hosting failure some of the photos and links may be unavailable.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

'A' Box Demolished and Other Changes at Wellington, NZ Terminal

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About a year ago I reported on the closure of Wellington A Box, the last operating main line signalbox in all of New Zealand. This week one ...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Little Boxes, Little Boxes

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If the age of the Safetran scallop shell is actually ending, what appears to be replacing it are little boxes and they all look just the sam...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Amtrak Harrisburg Line Re-Signaling Hits FRAZER

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I have previously discussed the drown out closure of Amtrak's THORN tower in Thorndale, PA. Recently the re-signaling efforts have hit...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Former Dallas Terminal Railroad Re-signaling

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 The Dallas Terminal Railroad can be considered to be in the midst of a slow-motion re-signaling, partly set off by Amtrak move from Union P...
Friday, February 27, 2026

PHOTOS: LANDIS - The PRR Main Line's Forgotten "Tower"

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One might wonder how the electrified PRR Main Line could have an interlocking tower somehow more "forgotten" than the small booth ...
Friday, February 20, 2026

Caught on Camera: PORTAL's new "Gantrylever" Under Test

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Following up on the previous post regarding the new PORTAL bridge cutover, Amtrak I happened to catch a cab speed indication on the (New) PO...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Amtrak PORTAL Bridge Re-Labeling

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The requirements of safety and signaling made railroads some of the first organizations to manage systems of unique identifiers and all thei...
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