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.

Friday, June 30, 2017

PRR Main Line Trip Report Supplemental

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Well I had my plans worked out I would have been sitting on a full set of PRR Main Line signal photos taken from an eastbound run of the Pen...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

2017 California Zephyr Trip Report

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Time for another trip report. This will be my third time covering the California Zephyr Route after previous trips in 2012 and 2014. Unlik...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

PRR Main Line Trip Report

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Well I just got back from a trip surveying the old PRR Main Line between Huntington and Lewistown and I have a few updates to share regardin...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Relay the Hut

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Ever since the demise of towers, railroads have needed a dry, climate controlled place to house the relays and other sensitive electronics t...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

To G or not To G

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A lot of people like to throw the term "G Head" around as a generic reference for signals that have a circular target surrounding ...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Signal Power Save Mode

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I am sure that many of you are familiar with "Approach Lit" signals, where the signal lamps only light up when a train is in the b...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Canadian Pacific Mystery N-Lamps

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For those of you who remember the case of the CP Mystery Searchlights , it seems that Canadian Pacific has been at it again, this time with ...
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