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.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Extinct: The US&S MT Switch Machine

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Over a year ago when I posted about the demise of E 180TH ST interlocking and tower on the New York City Subway system I was unaware that w...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

PHOTOS: METRA TOWER A-2 (Western Ave) Part 2 - Inside

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So back in Part 1 we explored the history behind TOWER A-2 and the layout of the interlocking plant.  Here in Part 2 we will venture inside...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Trading the Uncommon for the Rare

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The MTBA owned portion of the Fitchburg Line is being re-signaled and while this will ultimately lead to the closure of Waltham Tower and it...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

The Chemicals that Made American Signaling Great

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Two months before ALTO Tower closed I went out for a final round of photos on a sunny spring day and while I was there I spent some time at ...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Rumors of Train Orders' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated

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Last week it was reported that the Long Island Rail Road had "retired" its Train Order system inherited from the old PRR Standard ...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

PHOTOS: METRA TOWER A-2 (Western Ave) Part 1

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METRA Tower A-2, also known as Western Ave, is one of the most epic interlockings in North America.  Unlike many of the well known east coas...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Signal News Updates

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Two quick updates.  First the twin three track M&W CPL bridges at HULL have been replaced.  Unlike CSX I guess NS doesn't screw arou...
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