T trolley FAR from home!

Last week while driving around after dinner, my boyfriend and I drove past something pretty interesting. Police were directing traffic due to a large truck on the side of the road. It was a long flatbed trailer… with a Green Line trolley on it! The truck had come out of the Breda building in Littleton MA. I was kicking myself that I didn’t have my camera, and that it wasn’t day time. Nevertheless, it was a nifty thing to see!

Jonelle

I live in Littleton, and I've only seen one trolley, out in the parking lot in front of the building. It was a Type 8, and I could only see the top. If I had a camera with me I would have pulled in down there and taken a look.

I really haven't seen anything else there, but on some Saturdays on my way to the dump I've seen the doors open, so something is still going on there.

I assume noone got the number of the lates trolley seen.

It was hard to see in the dark with all the police lights on and stuff... but it was a green line trolley.

Ok, I'll check out the NETRANSIT website to see any update?

Ok, I'll check out the NETRANSIT website to see any update?

I suspect the car that Jonelle saw was one of the ones that had been in service previously but went back to Littleton for "reliability modifications".

Oh I see, have you had any news regarding the remainder of the T8s?

Yes, it was obviously already an in-service trolley. It had a destination on the front of it. But it all happened so fast, I didn't get to actually read it.

Ok, the building in Littleton is my grandfather's ex-company. Lone Star-San Vel Concrete Company. He was president of that company, now type 8 Bread cars are there, but not sure for how much longer since the T stopped the contract.

Yesterday saw another Green Line trolley on a huge flatbed truck. No real markings on it other than a T. Hope to get a photo up soon...

NellsChoo wrote:Yesterday saw another Green Line trolley on a huge flatbed truck. No real markings on it other than a T. Hope to get a photo up soon...

Yes, there was a T8 off to the side of the building yesterday on a lowboy trailer. Don't know if it was coming or going, and it was too far away to get numbers if it had any.

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