Possibly. But it could have been a trial run and I'm not sure of any special events.If it was 2 type-8's and a type 7 or something, I'd say maybe one trolley car broke down so they took 1 car and threw it onto another.
Diverging Route wrote:There's a regular in-service run from Cleveland Circle that's routed to Lechmere every afternoon... I've been on it a number of times and asked the operator about it.
Philip Wirth wrote:Were the cars in revenue service (ie were there passengers on cars)?
CRail wrote:It wouldn't be a trial run, they did this regularly a couple years or so ago when the type 7s and 8s were first being put together. This was before all the type 7s were compatible. You'd usually see 2 8s and a 7 but there were all formations (although I never saw 3 7s). I did see 3 8s a couple of times. This practice was discontinued before they started running the 7/8 combo almost exclusively, and only survived for a short while.
jamesinclair wrote:Did every car have a driver?
Weren't they installing monitors and stuff recently? Perhaps a three car train with one or two staff members?
3 car trains have always been "coming soon" but they didnt fit at Arlington and Copley. I know Arlington is 95% done, so does this mean Copley is back to full platform? It must be, or else it wouldnt have been allowed.
jamesinclair wrote:Did every car have a driver?
Weren't they installing monitors and stuff recently? Perhaps a three car train with one or two staff members?
BostonUrbEx wrote:jamesinclair wrote:Did every car have a driver?
Weren't they installing monitors and stuff recently? Perhaps a three car train with one or two staff members?
Would that work though? I thought the only thing connecting two green line trolleys together was the couplers, so they wouldn't be able to open/close the doors with just one or two operators.
diburning wrote:Each car also requires an operator on street level to ensure the collection of fares.
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