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Yes, the 1971 platform relocation and new entrance were part of the garage project.

The last regular use of the inner tracks was a Causeway Street Terminal - Brattle Loop shuttle that ran until 1952. Shuttles for events at the Garden may have used them until the 60s, though.

Not quite - service between Brattle Loop and Chelsea actually ended on January 14, 1935, when the Chelsea Bridge was closed for yearlong repairs. The Eastern Mass ran Chelsea-Haymarket bus service over the Meridian Street bridge and the Sumner Tunnel. The MTA took over the Chelsea Division on June 1...

360 Newbury was built in 1919. It held BERy offices from 1920 to 1926. Arlington was approved in 1915, but didn't begin construction until the war ended. The Huntington Avenue line entered the subway at the Boylston Street Incline, between Charles Street and Arlington Street. It was also used by ot...

In 1930, all-stops locals took 2 hours, while trains making about 5 intermediate stops did it in 1:15. I think 1:20 would be a reasonable goal for 7 intermediates (Pawtucket/CF, Manville, Woonsocket, Blackstone, Uxbridge, Northbridge, Millbury). That's not quite time competitive with driving (0:40 w...

No, it's on the PAS main (ex-Fitchburg Railroad), about 2 miles west of Wachusett station: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.5630243 ... a=!3m1!1e3

The decrepit station would be Thayers (South Lancaster). Here's what it looked like in March 2022: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Thayer_station_building%2C_March_2022.JPG/800px-Thayer_station_building%2C_March_2022.JPG The other structure, the former Lancaster freight hou...

Some thoughts from a (current) local: As mentioned, the Bay Area economy becoming so homogenously based on tech means that the shift to WFH and the shrinking of the tech sector have hit downtown particularly hard. Without a reason to take regional trips for work, trips have shifted more locally. Mun...

Fortunately, there won't be too much wasted if Phase 2 is built. Everything from East Taunton to FR and NB would be used just the same. The Middleborough Secondary track upgrades were needed anyway, and they'll be useful if we ever get NYC-Cape Cod service back.

The Edward Dana Bridge (over the Mystic River between Assembly and Wellington) has very different deck profiles for the rapid transit and mainline tracks. It's unlikely that the third track could handle a mainline train on the bridge. The lower Lowell Line will always be the better route for Haverhi...

Widett Circle is a terrible place for any useful development. It's cut off by an elevated highway on one side, and rail lines and industrial parcels on the other. There's not a walkable street grid to connect to. It's a minimum half mile walk to the Red Line. There's a reason it's never been anythin...

The rail continued along the water to India Point where it crossed the river. You can see the remains of the bridge in the middle of the marina across from India Point Park. Different line - that was the original Providence entry of the Boston & Providence. It came through East Providence, acro...

2409 Mass Ave is an odd little building. However, there wasn't a tower at 2409 Mass Ave - just a small gate shack. The tower was a bit west, controlling the junction with the Lexington Branch. Cambridge assessor's map says 2409 was built in 1906. The 1950 Sanborn map shows 2409 as a single-story wo...

If you're willing/able to scan items, Wikimedia Commons and Internet Archive are both large, well-run sites that are intended as long-term archives. Commons is the media archives for Wikipedia and sister projects. Anything uploaded there can be used in articles on Wikipedia - every single photo you ...

The B&A didn't have a lot of exciting train names - most were either descriptive ("Albany Day Express") or indicating the continuing NYC train ("New England Wolverine"). Their names of "Berkshire Express" (if service is extended to Pittsfield) or "Paul Revere E...

If any of the historical maps here catch your fancy, PM me and I can PDF them for you. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Rail_transport_maps_of_Vermont The individual states have rail maps, but I don't know any high-quality current New England maps. There is a decent bus and passenger rail...