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, March 31, 2019

NS and CSX Re-signaling News

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I am on a trip to Texas and I'll have a more detailed trip report shortly, but I wanted to first report on some additional bits of signa...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019

The ABC's of GRS Model 5 Switch Machines

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Today in North America railroads pretty much have two choices with it comes to power operated switch machines.  They can get a Union Switch ...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

LENOX and WILLOWS Towers Close

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In a devastating blow to St Louis area rail history and living examples of General Railway Signal Co technology, I just learned that both LE...
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Monday, March 4, 2019

NYCTA Speed Increases - Q1 2019 Update

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Back in December I reported on how the NYC Subway was finally being forced to move away from their "safety at all costs" mentality...
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,...
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