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, January 31, 2012

Now That's More Like It

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What has continued to shock me in the current round of re-signaling is how much perfectly good hardware is simply scrapped for no apparent r...
Monday, January 30, 2012

PRR Main Line Survey 2010 Part 11 (STATE to CORK )

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If you happened to enjoy my 10 part epic survey on the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh that just conclud...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Great Northern Railway Signaling: Then and Now

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The reason for this Then and Now post is because I recently completed a trip via Amtrak's Empire Builder that included a trip over the ...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

PRR Main Line Survey 1985 Edition! Parts 3 and 4

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No, I didn't go back in time, but with the help of YouTube we can do the next best thing.  There is a set of railfan head end videos tak...
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

PHOTOS: METRA UD Tower

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UD Tower in Joliet, Illinois is located at the diamond crossing of the former ATSF (Santa Fe) and the Chicago and Alton main lines and th...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

PRR Main Line Survey 2009 Part 10 (CP-RADE to CP-WEST PITT)

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Well for those of you who have stayed with me on this odyssey of signaling across Pennsylvania we have reached the final leg of our Journey ...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

PHOTOS: Amtrak THORN Tower

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Those of you who read my earlier essays on the signaling of the PRR Main Line might remember a bit about THORN tower in Thorndale, PA (where...
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