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, September 29, 2024

The Mystery of the Zombie Route

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This came up as I was recently out along the New Englande Central near Bellows Falls, VT when I noticed something strange at the north end ...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Spooky Signaling - Zombies and Phantoms

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As the smell of pumpkin space fills the coffee shoppes and the foliage begins to change colors, I figured I'd do a little Halloween them...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

CSX Demolishes New Hampshire's Penultimate Tower

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The effects of CSX's takeover of the Guilford Rail System is already becoming apparent as I have discovered that New Hampshire's sec...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Decision 2024 for the Signaling Single Issue Voter

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Just like in 2020 I thought I'd provide some political analysis for the single issue railroad signaling single issue voter. Not sure wh...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Portland MAX Signaling Primer

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In the 1980's and 90's North America's light rail renaissance didn't just save money over traditional urban metro systems by...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

When Urbex Meets Signaling

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While there is a lot of crossover between the urban exploration (Urbex) community and the rail enthusiast community, the Ven diagram doesn...
Friday, August 16, 2024

New Signals at Portland Union Station

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For the last year or more, Portland (Oregon) Union Station has been involved in a slow motion re-signaling project that will unfortunately ...
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