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, August 31, 2018

NS Pittsburgh Line Cut Over This Weekend?

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The scuttlebutt is that NS will be cutting over the new signaling and attendant Rule 562 operation on the Pittsburgh Line between Harrisburg...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Mark D Bej's The Broad Way Archive Gone

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It seems that I'm not the only person running into a hosting jam lately.  For literally the last 20 years when I have needed information...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

New NORAC Signal Rules!

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Yes, and before people get all nit picky yes NORAC is indeed adopting both new rules and a couple new aspects that go along with old rules. ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Closed and Closing NYCTA 6th Ave Line Towers

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Another two major losses in the world of North American power interlocking machines as the 1940 vintage towers 34TH ST and W 4TH ST, both on...
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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