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.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Signaling Flickr Photo Sets

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Found a couple of interesting photo sets on Flickr.  The first are signal surveys of some N&W districts and the former C&O Buckingha...
Friday, February 17, 2012

PHOTOS: THORN Interlocking

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Before you think this is a duplicate post I should explain the previous post on THORN tower concerned the interlocking tower itself and the...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Active Tower Lost Then Found Then Lost For Good

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I just discovered an active tower previously unknown to the signaling community that has the glorious distinction of being active despite ha...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Vintage Japanese Signalling Film

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Now here is a little gem that proves the rule that sometimes the best way to learn about domestic history is to go abroad.  This two part Yo...
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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