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.

Monday, August 30, 2021

MBTA Putting Cab Signals w/o Waysides on Guilford Main Line

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 I had previously reported on the conversion of at least some North Side MBTA lines to a system of cab signals without wayside signals as p...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Conrail Tower Videos

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 Despite the algorithm Youtube's discovery system is still pretty spotty so I wanted to share a few videos I found showing the operation...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Line of Sight - DART's Third Method

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Last year ago I wrote an article on how the DART light rail system in Dallas used two distinct signaling methods.  Automatic Block Signals ...
Sunday, August 8, 2021

Philly Area Interlocking Updates

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 I have two items of interest from the Philly area.  First, new signal masts are up at SEPTA's ARSENAL interlocking covering the new cro...
Saturday, July 31, 2021

Caught on Camera: Modern Signaling Inside Tours

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Just discovered this recent video from a Union Pacific signal maintainer giving a tour of a modern interlocking hut and other signal relay c...
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Sunday, July 25, 2021

SHORE Tower Catches Fire

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In a situation that should surprise absolutely nobody, the PRR's SHORE tower, located at the old Frankford Junction , caught fire and su...
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Saturday, July 17, 2021

What's Up With RTD and Caltrain's Grade Crossings?

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Ever since the Denver RTD A Line opened in 2016, it's been plagued by strange grade crossing issues that eventually resulted in human c...
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