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.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

New Signals at IVANHOE

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Just saw this pic of new signals going up at IVANHOE crossing on the former Conrail Porter Branch. Built as the Michigan Central's main ...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

RRPictureArchives Long Term Outage

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It appears that the popular website rrpicturearchives.net has suffered a disc failure that will result in a long term outage.  Based on for...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

GLENWOOD Tower Demolished

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It has been reported, and confirmed on street view , that the former B&O tower in the Glenwood section of Pittsburgh has been demolished...
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Saturday, December 7, 2024

Mind the Gap! - The case of "3rd Head Restricting"

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There's a odd feature in current North American railroad signal practice dating back to the 19th century that hints at the practices of ...
Sunday, December 1, 2024

Cleveland Line Autos Now on the Way Out

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 In another example of either speaking too soon or rolling under the lowering door like Geordi, it has been reported that NS is planning on...
Saturday, November 30, 2024

CSX Accelerates Boston and Maine Resignaling

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It appears that CSX has put its foot to the floor regarding resignaling the former Boston and Main Eastern Route Main Line. From the MBTA d...
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Sunday, November 24, 2024

THORN Tower's Last Act

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Amtrak's THORN tower has been staffed 24/7 and routing trains on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line since 1938, however after h...
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