Interesting Consist Discussion for the South Side

Looks like MBB cab car 1533 is out of retirement. Listed on the rail tracker app on train 604.

Saw on Dave Perry's Twitter yesterday that the 508/521 Worcester set is running a 9-double decker set. Saw that on some YouTube railfanning video on the Providence line once. Do they have an extra car laying around or something for that to happen?

Robbing Peter to pay Paul ...

So that's why we have a lot of 4 car set disasters on the North Side lately.

What's with all the 300-series coaches stuffed on the Old Colony this week? The auto-door Pullmans have virtually disappeared from their normal OC assignments all of a sudden.


I must admit, the duct tape jobs on the '87-era Bombers' fraying seat covers are quite...uh...admirable in execution.

Are we on another car shortage lately? I've seen some weird sets on the Providence line lately (I saw a 2 double/4 flat set recently), a 4 car set (3 doubles and a single), and even some all-flat sets (which increasingly seemed like a rarity on the Providence line).

Not to mention, the 842/821 set has been a 7 double set for a few weeks now. This isn't a permanent change, is it? Or was Providence being greedy with 3 8-double sets to work with?

MP36 010 has taken the place of a cab car on the Needham 602 this morning. It’s 010-5 doubles-unidentified HSP46.

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According to that story, the MBTA said one of their improvements to the Worcester line was adding a 9-car set. Is this actually true and that 9 car story from earlier is a permanent thing now?

Double header on the Worcester line this morning. 1138 leading some unidentified F40PH-2C. 1714 was the cab car.

That blue MassDOT locomotive was used for train 819 today, I think it's an F40PH. Is that locomotive normally used for commuter service, or do we have some locomotive shortage right now?

sonicdoommario wrote:That blue MassDOT locomotive was used for train 819 today, I think it's an F40PH. Is that locomotive normally used for commuter service, or do we have some locomotive shortage right now?

It's used for commuter service regularly.

Is the MBTA paying MassDOT to lease their engine during the T´s locomotive shortage? /sarcasm

808 had two HSP46s latched on today. Surprisingly didn't notice until I got off at Back Bay. Was one dead and was being brought up to Boston or something?

Doubleheaders usually mean one of two things: both units are ailing, and one is providing traction power while the other provides HEP until both can be shopped; or one just got out of the shop from a non-routine repair, and the second unit is along as protection.

I’m hearing a rumor that there’s a 4 car set with a locomotive on the inbound and outbound side. Anyone know if this is true?