City officials in Woburn are asking the MBTA to reopen Mishawum Station as a full time stop. As someone who used to live in Burlington and would bike to Mishawum, I fully support this. While Anderson is a very useful regional facility, it is inaccessable to bikes and pedestrians. Mishawum served the...
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Possible reopening of Mishawum Station
by NealG ¦ Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:41 am ¦ Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦ Topic: Possible reopening of Mishawum Station ¦ Replies: 15 ¦ Views: 4237Re: Orange Line rush hour problems
by NealG ¦ Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:48 am ¦ Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦ Topic: Orange Line rush hour problems ¦ Replies: 2 ¦ Views: 2836The guard was very good about making announcements every so often apologizing for the delay and saying we'd get going as soon as possible. Announcements are so important. Nothing makes me more annoyed than to be waiting on a platform or being on a delayed train with no announcements of delays. As l...
Re: They had better shut it down
by NealG ¦ Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:38 pm ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: Penn Station to shut down during GOP convention. ¦ Replies: 62 ¦ Views: 12642As I noted over at the Amtrak and Politics Topic, North Station in Boston will be shut down during the Democratic Convention. If Penn is not shut down during The Republican, then someone will start hollering favoritism. BON is scheduled to be closed beginning the Friday before the convention until ...
by NealG ¦ Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:16 pm ¦ Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦ Topic: Orange Line Paint? ¦ Replies: 9 ¦ Views: 4171
wow.... Okay, its not just the Orange line that has neatness problems. But, the solution is simple: have a couple of these contract cleaners that you see all over the place in the stations based at the end points of the various lines. When the train pulls in, they spend about 10 or so minutes(off p...
Southwest Corridor Remnant
by NealG ¦ Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:24 am ¦ Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦ Topic: Southwest Corridor Remnant ¦ Replies: 3 ¦ Views: 3305While riding my bike along the Southwest Corridor yesterday, I noticed a 30 foot or so long granite section of the old New Haven embankment. It was on the Mission Hill side of the corridor between Ruggles and Roxbury Crossing off of Mindoro St. Does anyone know the story behind this, why it wasn't d...
by NealG ¦ Mon Mar 29, 2004 10:09 am ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: Amtrak Michigan: Wolverine, Blue Water, Pere Marquette ¦ Replies: 910 ¦ Views: 122716
mattfels wrote:Yes, but does it go up to Annendale?EastCleveland wrote:The Wolverine inherited its name from the New York Central train that served Chicago-Detroit-Buffalo-New York well into the 1960s.As referenced in the Steely Dan song "My Old School."
Hmmmm
by NealG ¦ Fri Mar 12, 2004 1:15 pm ¦ Forum: Amtrak ¦ Topic: What does Amtrak use to keep a fresh scent on the cars? ¦ Replies: 11 ¦ Views: 6422I have noticed scents on the cars, but they usually have a slight (though not particularly unpleasent) odor of diesel. Not to be gross or anything, but a few occasions I've noticed a bad smell, like a rotting carcass, I guess when the trains hit an animal on the tracks, some of it must get lodged on...