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.

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Adios B&O MEXICO Tower

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The reason I tend to miss a lot of closures and demolitions is because I don't tend to seek out news that will leave me bummed and depre...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

NECR Resignaling Project is Complete

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I can report that the re-signaling of the New Englande Centrale's main line that hosts Amtrak's Vermonter north of the Massachusetts...
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Friday, May 16, 2025

No Approach! The Duality of Uncommon Signals

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We all learn about traffic lights in elementary school.  Red means stop, green means go and yellow means slow or caution. These are the basi...
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Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Enthusiasts Step Up

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Unlike Europe, Heritage railroads in the United States never developed a vintage signaling component beyond what one might describe as displ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

New Signals Up At THORN

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 Although not much has changed regarding the ultimate fate of THORN tower, recent photos do show what the new signaling situation is going t...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

NECR / Central Vermont Changes You May Have Missed

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While I have been posting much about the loss of former Boston and Maine searchlight signaling on the New Englande Centrale, a couple of oth...
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Saturday, April 12, 2025

CSX Continues to Attack the Big Four

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Turns out that the River Line isn't the only part of Conrail territory currently under attack by CSX signaling crews as I just saw that ...
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