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Railroad signals and other train stuff! Twitter Refugee. New Jersey Proud. Ask about my Christmas week SEPTA Trip.

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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 23h
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-11-01 PHOTOS: Stamford prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/11/25-1... #NewHavenLine #MetroNorth #NYNHB
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25-11-01 PHOTOS: Stamford
Recently I have discovered that travel to and from Stamford has above average value for railfan purposes. Not only is it the gateway to Metr...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Position Light: I 'C' You - Caltrain Adopts SP Commuter Plates? position-light.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-c-... #Caltrain #SouthernPacific #RailwaySignaling
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I 'C' You - Caltrain Adopts SP Commuter Plates?
In the bi-polar mess that are Union Pacific Signal rules , an often overlooked feature are the < C > plates that upgrade Advance Approach an...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-10-28 PHOTOS: Next Gen prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/10/25-1... #Acela #AcelaNextGen #AmtrakNEC
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25-10-28 PHOTOS: Next Gen
In August 2025 Amtrak's Next Generation Acela equipment entered service after years of delays due to both the pandemic and disputes with Al...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Position Light: NS Re-Signaling Old NKP West of Cleveland position-light.blogspot.com/2026/08/ns-r... #NKP #NnW
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NS Re-Signaling Old NKP West of Cleveland
Although far less significant than recent re-signaling in core N&W territory, NS is currently going after routes that were last modernized i...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Plug-in hybrid Sitrep for @techconnectify.bsky.social Went from Ontario to El Segundo via Fullerton and Mariana Del Ray today on 30 miles of battery range and a single gallon of gasoline. That's nuts!
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wasn't kidding... #RideTheD
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm escaping to the Los Angeles underground.
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Signal of the Day 🚦🚥🚂 @signaloftheday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AD 66 signal on the approach to Orpington station on the Up line (Submitted by Andy Grant) #SignalOfTheDay
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror theonion.com/jd-vance-booed-by-own-…
JD Vance Booed  By Own Reflection  In Mirror
Image Calls VP ‘Loser’ Right To His Face
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
. #DoingMyPart take 2. This time at the hotel charger across from the Chick-fil-A charger. Rental PZEV hybrid with a 30 mile E range, but at California prices I'll make the effort. Getting the full 30A L2 charge while I go get Mexican food. @techconnectify.bsky.social
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As a kid I could never understand the hype around Route 66. It wasn't transcontinental! The Lincoln Highway (US 30) runs from Atlantic City to Astoria, but oh no, Route 66 is the "Mother Road" because it goes to LA 🙄 ATSF at least earned its hype by having the only 2 track main line from CHI to LA
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sitting back and watching the Economy roll by. #CajonPass #ATSF
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pneumatic yard switch machines spotted! Also UP intermodal trains at West Colton.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wow, UP has been installing gnarly new fencing to deter package theft along its former Southern Pacific corridor.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In SoCal today and am going through the EV charging process for the 1st time. 45c/kwh is on par with $4.50 gasoline so I guess it's cheaper than the current $6.60/gal for gas, but not by much. Median residential electricity prices are 30c/kwh making the delivery fee a whooping 33%.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stuck in traffic on The 405 like a real American.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The dream exists, but is still somehow out of reach 😞
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The red zone is for loading and unloading only, there is no stopping in the white zone.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Crashing the AI boom will trigger a recession, plain and simple. Same reason nobody tried to stop the 2005 era housing boom.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-10-12 PHOTOS: Meet The Fleet prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/10/25-1... #NJT #DLW #HobokenTerminal
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25-10-12 PHOTOS: Meet The Fleet
In the fall of 2025 New Jersey Transit announced a "Meet The Fleet" open house at Hoboken Terminal where they could put a portion of their h...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Position Light: Protecting Sharp Curves Before PTC position-light.blogspot.com/2026/08/prot... #DRGW #CaliforniaZephyr #MoffatTunnel
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Protecting Sharp Curves Before PTC
Located at Milepost 90.3 on the former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel route is a wonderfully analog system to help prevent inattentive train crews...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
MTA Maryland is having some kind of operator crisis canceling numerous weekend trains when people need the service most acutely. It's customary that when the enlisted workers flake out that the officers pick up the slack before disciplining the insubordinate.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Limited Metro North service to Bridgeport and New Haven is resulting in crush load conditions in the diesel powered sets that are making it past South Norwalk. Every vestibule is full.
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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Drexel won't do it, but we will save-the-academy.org
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Save the Academy of Natural Sciences
Don't mourn — organize. The museum's last public day is Sunday, Sept 27. Ten things you can do today.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Double single tracking on the Metro North trunk is causing congestion issues at 125th St.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just hearing about this now. Absolutely travesty that this is not only happening, but on such short notice. Every kid in the region has been to the "dinosaur museum" and it deserved to have an actual "save the" campaign vs a sad trombone noise. www.reddit.com/r/MuseumPros...
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From the MuseumPros community on Reddit: Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences museum to close after nearly two centuries
Explore this post and more from the MuseumPros community
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Um, yes? #WMATA
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Jeremy "Looking for Arrows" Zorek @jeremyzorek.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"Keying by" at Grand Central
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-10-08 PHOTOS: The Two Laurels It's arguably possible for someone like @milesintransit1 to go from Laurel Racetrack, to Jessup or St. Denis via Laurel. 😉 prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/10/25-1... #MARC #BnO #MARC
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25-10-08 PHOTOS: The Two Laurels
They say its easy to overlook the familiar. Despite living south of Baltimore for many years now I had never visited the MARC Camden Line s...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Position Light: Reading and Northern's Flexible CTC position-light.blogspot.com/2026/07/read... #RBMN #CTC #FormD
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Reading and Northern's Flexible CTC
From loose car switching to running coal fired steam excursions at main line track speeds, the Reading and Northern has a thing those trad...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-09-26 PHOTOS: St. Louis Arch prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/09/25-0... #TRRA #MetroLink #GatewayArch
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25-09-26 PHOTOS: St. Louis Arch
Apart from a brief station stop on the Texas Eagle in 2019, my only visit to Saint Louis had been visiting a friend back in 2005 and althou...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Home of the world famous Killdozer!
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is possibly the best rail-exclusive photo op on the Amtrak LD system.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Look at me, I'm @milesintransit.com, look at how least used this station is. Isn't everything just so least? 😋
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Leaving the Capitol Corridor behind at Auburn, CA.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here we go, from sea level to 7000+ feet in about a hundred miles. I'm on the track #2 alignment today.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hey @milesintransit.com, whatever this is you should ride it. Maybe with the Ski Train. 🤔
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
On the new Caltrain MUs for the first time. Cab view is NJT style so 4.5/10. The fixed consists make sense since that's basically the platform length and they use it all.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Position Light: Automatic Signals To Be Axed From NY Penn Station ... position-light.blogspot.com/2026/07/ny-p... #PRR #CabSignaling #ABS
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Automatic Signals To Be Axed From NY Penn Station Lines 1 and 2
Amtrak is currently halfway through a project to rehabilitate its East River Tunnels that were damaged during Hurricane Sandy way back in 20...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 05-01-10 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Old Bailey prr4ever.blogspot.com/2026/08/05-0... #BnO #CamdenYards #CPL
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05-01-10 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Old Bailey
When I was going to school in Baltimore I never seemed to have the time to go downtown to check out what CSX was up to or the linger B&O in...
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I think it's key to understanding their worldview that they imagine a world not *without* immigrants, but one in which immigrants' inferiority is permanently asserted and they become a subservient caste. All these people worship the Gulf States.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The Position Light: Decoding Transit Signal Labels position-light.blogspot.com/2026/07/deci... #RailwaySignals #RapidTransit
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Decoding Transit Signal Labels
As I have been covering for some time, North American railroad interlocking stations are generally well labeled. However rail transit is qu...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There needs to be a word for when the train matches the engine number. It's kinda like a Scorigami or an aptonym.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Someone in the yard has a sense of humor. #Nice
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hmmm, can't seem to recall an Amtrak train platforming on the South High track at Trenton. The 15mph turnouts aren't exactly appreciated.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 04-06-12 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Seashore Trolley Museum prr4ever.blogspot.com/2026/08/04-0... #TrolleyMuseum #MBTA #TransitMuseum
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04-06-12 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Seashore Trolley Museum
Often referred to as the gold standard in streetcar museums, the Seashore Trolley Museum is unfortunately a bit off my beaten path being bo...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The PATCO used to be a reliable resource for South Jersey folks doing stuff in Philadelphia, but its recent cut backs are sending the distinct message to drive.
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Jersey Mike's Rail Adventures: 25-08-30 PHOTOS: Lower Hellgate Line prr4ever.blogspot.com/2025/08/25-0... #NHRR #PositionLight #HellgateLine
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25-08-30 PHOTOS: Lower Hellgate Line
As Penn Station Access ramps up on Amtrak's Hellgate Line between Sunnyside, Queens and New Rochelle Rochelle, it has started to put press...
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Position Light @prrsignal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Position Light: LIRR Greenport PTC - Much Ado About Nothing position-light.blogspot.com/2026/06/lirr... #LIRR #ManualBlock #PTC
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LIRR Greenport PTC - Much Ado About Nothing
We have another data point regarding the FRA's PTC paranoia, this time regarding the Long Island Rail Road's Greenport Branch waiver. Althou...
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