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Discussion relating to commuter rail, light rail, and subway operations of the MBTA.

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 #1500670  by Backshophoss
 
The wash racks are shut down and drained of water during the winter months,even with that chemical mix water still freezes.
Ohterwise you wind up replumbing the wash racks every spring! :wink:
 #1500676  by MBTA3247
 
They should take a cue from the local carwashes and start up/shut down the wash rack on a day by day basis if the weather's warm enough - which it frequently is nowadays.
 #1500784  by Backshophoss
 
RR wash racks are not housed in a heated building,are stand alone with a very little shelter,might have wind baffles to contain spray.
You would need to drain to below the frost line,car washers are in heated buildings.
Even the heated washer building at Amtrak's Chicago Yard is shut down by the extreme cold weather there!
 #1500876  by CRail
 
All of the MBTA’s wash bays are inside. That includes bus garages, carhouses, and commuter rail maintenance facilities.
 #1503805  by MBTA F40PH-2C 1050
 
the wash at the S&I in Southampton does nothing for the trains. It's a nasty chemical mix that goes over the trains, and smells awful. As long as the temperature is not below freezing, the wash runs as a train enters the building. My train got "washed" on Monday morning **palm face**

Amtrak's wash on the Loop has been OOS for quite sometime now
 #1503818  by NRGeep
 
Mbtagp40mc wrote:Water costs money. The MBTA has no money.
Certainly there are other factors, yet, dumping over a billion of the auto-centric Big Dig debt on the MBTA (thanks master mind Charlie B) is a poison pill that continues to stifle small and larger elements in the system.