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, March 31, 2025

Guilford Country Resignaling Updates

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With the re-signaling of the former Guilford Rail System/Boston & Maine Western Route Main Line accelerating rapidly, I managed to carry...
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Saturday, March 22, 2025

CSX Finds a New Old Off Brand M23

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I few years ago I posted an article covering changes to the US&S logo over time as seen on its M3/M23 line of electric point machines. ...
Friday, March 14, 2025

NS Ashville Cantilever is Kaput

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I have seen photos of the great Southern RR cantilever signal in downtown Ashville, NC being cut down for scrap. With modern style ABS signa...
Saturday, March 8, 2025

Harrisburg Power Office Is Now Mostly Up and Running

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When we last checked in on the Harrisburg Power Director's office about a year ago in 2024, the Big Board had been fully illuminated and...
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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)...
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