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.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

Twilight of ATS on the Raton Pass Route

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It wasn't long after ETMS PTC systems had been commissioned that the railroads using the older IIATS system went on a tear to decommiss...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Caught on Camera: New CSX Signal Rules in Action

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A few months ago I posted about CSX's two new "Canadian" style signal rules , 281E Limited Approach Medium and 281F Limited Ap...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Asymmetric Tri-Lights

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 When one thinks of the North American tri-light signal configuration (circular target with the lamps clustered in a triangle) one might ass...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

CSX Removing Cab Signals Is Not an "Upgrade"

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Ever since CSX turned against the cab signaling system on the RF&P, the "Rule 562" cab signaling without fixed wayside signals...
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

GRS and the Age of Aluminum Signals

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People talk a lot about disruption and an often overlooked disruption was the North American railroad signal industry's transition from ...
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...
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