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Re: Potential for a Commuter Rail Workers Strike

 by CRail ¦  Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:56 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential for a Commuter Rail Workers Strike ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 1320

Those type of operators are more or less on a fixed schedule. Arguably, Amtrak's and the Class 1's wages are set higher to recognize the on-call nature of those jobs as well as spending time away from home. None of that is accurate. The work schedule structure is not different from other railroads.

Re: Rotem Cars Discussion (new bi-level cars)

 by CRail ¦  Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:25 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Rotem Cars Discussion (new bi-level cars) ¦  Replies: 2224 ¦  Views: 576378

There was a time that the north side was all 1600s and 1800s for cabs. It's not that the crews aren't familiar with 1800s, but that it makes more sense for day to day operations between different equipment be more similar.

Re: Potential for a Commuter Rail Workers Strike

 by CRail ¦  Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:22 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential for a Commuter Rail Workers Strike ¦  Replies: 13 ¦  Views: 1320

The article also implies that Commuter Rail workers are jealous of the MBTA transit workers' contract. How does CR pay compare to similar jobs in private industry? If pay is so bad, why haven't all the employees left? Stating that the MBTA recognized and dealt with a retention problem that its priv...

Re: Got trapped in North Station the other day

 by CRail ¦  Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:16 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Ring of Steel: Fare Gates at BOS, BON, & BBY ¦  Replies: 312 ¦  Views: 90684

Amtrak IDs will open the gate.

Re: Remaining 1600-series control cars

 by CRail ¦  Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:28 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Remaining 1600-series control cars ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 642

1600-1624 do not have their cabs. They have been plated over and controls (and associated equipment) have been removed. They are essentially 600s except for some cab vestiges (like their numbers...), unlike the 1300s which you wouldn't recognize without knowing what they are. Blind single level cars...

Re: Remaining 1600-series control cars

 by CRail ¦  Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:28 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Remaining 1600-series control cars ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 642

Every time a new Rotem control car enters service, a 1700 goes north and a 1600 gets sidelined. AFAIK none of them are retired at this time, they're stored serviceable. I suspect the decision of which goes next is relative to their blue cards. Control cars are engines in the eyes of the FRA, which i...

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by CRail ¦  Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:24 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45368

The path for the service is not important. NH needs to pay for the cost associated with getting service TO their stop. As far as the infrastructure goes, it's T property up to state line, track upgrades to that point are the responsibility of MA. The T doesn't need to study track upgrades. Economic,...

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by CRail ¦  Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:42 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45368

There will not be any additional service offered within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I thought you were opposed to frivolous spending.

Re: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service

 by CRail ¦  Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:56 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Potential MBTA Southern NH Service ¦  Replies: 322 ¦  Views: 45368

Why should a Massachusetts agency fund a study regarding another state's rail service?

Re: Obscure Facts about MBTA

 by CRail ¦  Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:52 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Obscure Facts about MBTA ¦  Replies: 23 ¦  Views: 3269

Platform is gone but the stairs are still there.

Re: Remaining Kawasaki Cars South

 by CRail ¦  Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:22 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Remaining Kawasaki Cars South ¦  Replies: 49 ¦  Views: 4872

No. Cars needed for 180 day inspections are regularly swapped out of sets at Readville and BET. Control cars are also on 90 day schedules like locomotives so performing service on complete sets wouldn't work anyways.

Re: Extra Tracks at North Station?

 by CRail ¦  Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:10 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Extra Tracks at North Station? ¦  Replies: 65 ¦  Views: 7440

You're referring to Tower A interlocking, specifically the "front ladder" south of the Prison Point* (the bridge pretty much spans the "back ladder."). A new track layout, including revival of the "fast track" to FX avoiding the ladders and much the FX crossovers is ant...

Re: Fairmount Line Discussion

 by CRail ¦  Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:20 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Fairmount Line Discussion ¦  Replies: 486 ¦  Views: 172375

Nothing north (east) of New Haven had catenary until it did...

Re: New MBTA leases

 by CRail ¦  Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:44 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: New MBTA leases ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 724

They are for the fiber optic train. They are expected to be here for a few years. All of the fiber optic lines run for PTC have to be buried, and this is being done by train. The work is done for the winter and will resume once the ground thaws in the spring.

Re: Fairmount Line Discussion

 by CRail ¦  Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:39 am ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Fairmount Line Discussion ¦  Replies: 486 ¦  Views: 172375

With catenary there's more infrastructure underground than in the air. Putting wire up over the Dorchester makes sense for numerous reasons, but not all of them benefit the T so federal interest will be necessary to make it happen. The problem with T funding is it requires input from all sorts of sp...

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