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.

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Liverpool Lime Street Signalbox Closed

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One of the last two active Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Company power frames on British Rail was taken out of service on July 13th an...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

2018 RF&P / A-Line / H-Line / Southern Main Line Trip Report

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It has been three years since I last surveyed the RF&P, A-Line and Southern Main Line and quite a bit has changed. This report will try...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

Caught on Camera: Clear to Next Interlocking

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Also known as NOARC Rule 280a, this special cab signal related signal was invented by the Pennsylvania Railroad for their experimental trial...
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Sunday, July 8, 2018

2018 PRR Main Line Trip Report

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So it's been a year since my last comprehensive PRR Main Line trip report and a lot has changed in that time. First and foremost, NS...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

UPDATE: ALTO Tower Page Hi-Res Photos

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So I took the time to re-process the photos from my 2004 trip to ALTO tower that formed the core of my 2011 blog post about the tower and it...
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Atlanta Terminal South Tower Demolished

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One of the few bits of railroad history left in downtown Atlanta was torn down last week when wrecking crews came for the former Southern Ra...
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Saturday, June 16, 2018

Railroad Signals and the Materials of Yesteryear

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NOTE:  This article first appeared in the Summer 2017 issue of The Trackside Photographer . In 1967 young people were told that plastics ...
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