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.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Mazda Cab Signals are the PTC Solution We Needed

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While driving in a brand new rental Mazda sport wagon in Colorado I noticed something interesting on the instrument cluster. There was a dyn...
Sunday, November 19, 2023

NS D&H Re-Signaling Hits Afton, NY

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In yet more fallout from the NS purchase of the former D&H Main Line, the re-signaling ax has hit the siding in Afton, NY after randoml...
Saturday, November 11, 2023

The Ultimate Cutover - SEPTA 90TH ST JCT SOUTH

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Typically when one discusses a signal cutover one is cutting new signal logic over to control new or existing signals or interlocking applia...
Sunday, November 5, 2023

Southern Pacific Cantilever Zapped by Caltrain Electrification

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In a completely predicable turn of events, the iconic Southern Pacific cantilever mast that has guarded the southern approach to the 4th and...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

ALTO Tower Preservation Plans At Risk

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It has been a decade since ALTO tower in Altoona, PA closed and after a conversation with persons directly involved in the process I ha...
Saturday, October 21, 2023

A New Source for Railfan Window Videos

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While trying to gather information for my recent SEPTA Unilens post , I discovered a newish railfan video channel with a large amount of up ...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

SEPTA Sours on Unilens Dwarfs

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In yet another chapter of the rail industry's love-hate relationship with the Safetran Unilens signal, over the last few years SEPTA has...
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