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.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Better Know a Signaling System - METRA

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METRA is the Chicago area commuter rail umbrella organization that supplies equipment and funding to various contract railroads such as Uni...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

PHOTOS: Port Road Trips - SHOCKS to COLA

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After the short detour up the Royalton Branch it is once again time to get back on the Enola Branch as we continue on towards Columbia, PA a...
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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Caught on Camera - Episode 2 Google Special

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having a railfan catch a rare signaling situation on camera, but having one be captured by a civilian on a completely unrelated mission is a...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Even New Signals Aren't Safe

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I know I've brought this up before, but one of the most disturbing trends over the last 10 years is how railroads are unwilling to simpl...
Sunday, March 30, 2014

PHOTOS: Port Road Trips - JEB Interlocking

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While not technically on the Port Road / Enola Branch between Perryville, MD and Enola, PA, JEB interlocking is located on what is now know...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Falling Signals and a Possible New Tower

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It's news time again and I have a mix of good and bad news this time, which I guess is better than just all bad news.  First up the CSX ...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Better Know a Signaling System - Southern

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The Southern Serves the South and today it is serving my need for a blog post.The Southern is interesting as it is the most Western of the ...
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