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.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

LIRRs Insane Absolute Block Signals

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Back in May I wrote a post covering the LIRR's new Reduced Aspect system .  Similar to Metro North's, the system uses some additiona...
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Thursday, February 21, 2019

Pneumatic Points Plan B - Engine Taps

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I love pneumatic point machines. They are simple, powerful and they make cool noises. Created in a time when electricity and electric moto...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Last Call At Tipton and Fostoria

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Some railfan locations need no more description than a single word.  For decades the 3-track PRR signal bridges at Tipton, PA and Fostoria,...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Signs! Signs! Everywhere a Sign! - Eastern Passenger Roads

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In Part 1 of my look at railroad station signs I covered the East Of Mississippi Class 1 freight railroads, NS, CSX, CP, etc.  Here in Part...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Railroad Dispatcher Web Game

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I wanted to call attention to a new web-based North American style CTC simulation game.  It's still in beta and pretty much limited to a...
Monday, January 21, 2019

2019 Empire Corridor Trip Report

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I have once again completed my annual trek to the heart of New York Central territory via Amtrak's Empire service.  The good news is tha...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Signal Videos from the 70's, 80's and Beyond

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I don't tend to seek out railroad compilation videos, even historic.  They typically consist of about 10-20 cuts of some freight train p...
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