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.

Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Saturday, December 7, 2024

Mind the Gap! - The case of "3rd Head Restricting"

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There's a odd feature in current North American railroad signal practice dating back to the 19th century that hints at the practices of ...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Reading Viaduct Signaling Remains

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On November 6th, 1984 the last train departed the historic Reading Terminal in center city Philadelphia 4 days after the completion of the ...
Friday, October 8, 2021

PHOTOS: Inside LEBANON VALLEY JCT Tower

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The Reading Railroad was small in size, but rich in revenue due to its dominant positions in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylv...
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Saturday, June 26, 2021

PHOTOS: Reading DARBY CREEK DRAWBRIDGE

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The Reading Darby Creek Drawbridge is located on a bit of industrial track that served industry along the Delaware River between Philadelphi...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

PHOTOS: Inside SEPTA's Last Towers

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Over the last 20 years North America has seen the virtual extinction of "Paper Dispatching", the practice of railroad dispatchers ...
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