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, May 31, 2015

Two More Chicago Icons to Fall

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I guess it serves me right for not checking through the interwebs for a couple of days because when I came back from a trip I found not one,...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

No Respect - The Safetran Unilens

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While riding up the Caltrain Corridor I noticed a little something that once again reminded me that the Safetran Unilens signal, for all its...
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

PHOTOS: Port Road Trips - PILOT to WEST ROCK

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Well it's time for another installment of Port Road Trips and like many budget re-signaling projects I am making slow yet steady progres...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Mixed Changes Up North

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No, I don't mean Canada, but it's pretty close and operated by a Canadian railroad.  The previously independent railroads of the Iro...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

UD Tower, Fixture of Joliet, Closes

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It looks like after a lull the pace of tower closures is really picking up.  This time the famous UD Tower in Joliet, IL has closed in antic...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

BO Tower Downgraded

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I just learned that last September BO Tower in Kalamazoo, MI decommissioned it's 1915 vintage mechanical lever frame in conjunction wit...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Amtrak's K Tower Threatened

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No, the tower isn't closing, but if a developer gets his way Washington DC's iconic K Tower and the entire terminal throat might be...
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