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.

Friday, February 28, 2025

Caught on Camera: Double Green Clear

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 With the CSX takeover of the former Guilford Rail System empire, there's a real risk that we might see the end of double green clear si...
Sunday, February 16, 2025

It's Electric! - The Westinghouse Brake and Signal Style L Frame

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Every so often I mention the Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Company which was the result of the British Commonwealth's Westinghous...
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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Another One I Missed: Conrail BRIDGE Tower Closed and Demolished

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Up through 2019 Detroit featured what I would like to call the Iron Triangle of staffed interlocking towers, DELRAY, NS BRIDGE and (Conrail)...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

METRA's 16TH ST Tower to Close, Following CY

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I just got word that METRA's famed 16TH ST Interlocking tower at the triple crossing of the Alton (CNIC), Saint Charles Air Line and th...
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Thursday, January 30, 2025

The River Line's Last Conrail Signals - Part 1

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Over the years I have reported on the CSX re-signaling efforts on the former Conrail River Line along the west side of the Hudson River. T...
Friday, January 24, 2025

Last Traditional Signalbox Closes in New Zealand

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Word has come down that Wellington A Signalbox has closed. Constructed in 1937 in conjunction with the Hutt Valley 1.5kv DC suburban electr...
Sunday, January 12, 2025

Valleysignals.org.nz Fades Into History

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While performing research on an upcoming post I regrettable discovered that the excellent Hutt Valley signaling website (aka Valley Signals...
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