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The three car extra is a training train for emergency responders.

I also posted this under the Commuter rail delay tracker but thought it warranted it's own post. A set headed to the yard derailed parts of 2 cars, either the second and third or third and fourth cars. It was the set they pull off the Franklin double draft. It is/was blocking all moves off of tracks...

There are some operational difficulties on the South Side tonight. From mbta.com: Plymouth/Kingston, and Middleboro/Lakeville lines are being diverted to the Red Line between South Station and Braitntree Stations due to a disabled train near South Station. 7/24/2008 10:03 PM A set headed to the yar...

So after a long day at 10 Park Street, they make him to go Ashmont and sweep up?? Poor fellow didn't even have time to change his clothes, they just threw a safety vest on him, shoved a broom in his hands and told him to get to work! Charlie is the only one at the T with poor union representation. ...

Thanks for the info. I thought the Worchester and Providence lines could use longer trains. I've always seen 7 car trains on either route, and sometimes even 7 cars get crowded on these routes. There are currently two 8 car sets running around on the south side. One is used for the 5p Worcester, no...

Someone told me here on these forums that for revenue trains the MBTA uses a max of 8 cars. Yet you guys are saying that our diesels can pull 12 car consists with HEP and tractive power? If so, why aren't we seeing 12 car consists on heavily travelled routes like Providence and Greenbush? Running m...

... The windows were clear and did not seem to have a wrap over them, like the Patriots cars did. In fact, I asked the conductor if it was a paint job or a wrap. He thought it was just a wrap. It was the only wrapped K car on the train. I thought it was a pretty clever idea and was done with good t...

e-m00 wrote:

MBTA F40PH-2C 1050 wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if they raised parking to $3/day

It's $3.50 at Wellington....

I was told that originally the plan was that you would enter the station between the 2 escalators, like it used to be when the old garden was still up. Also from what I was told was the ticket office was originally not supposed to be where it is and was added afterward. It is/was supposed to be take...

Insider, No cat 5 was used in the original installation. From the wireless antenna to the hotspot box was a signal and GPS coax, and again, coax was run to the 802.11 antenna. Not much room available in the cars for the hardware and it needed to be in a spot where a Conductor's bag wouldn't hit it....

They are replacing the Thames River bridge between New London and Groton. It is being covered on the Amtrak Forum With no Amtrak trains running those days it should make things a little easier for the commuter trains. As the article states Ruggles and Hyde Park will be affected. I would think that m...

Amtrak has already had it put its picture on milk cartons.

Was it a parting? Or by loosing the motor did he mean it died?

The theory was that if the T printed glossier, fancier-looking schedules, customers would take better care of them and not grab so many replacements during the middle of the time period they cover. Sounds like that isn't working out so well in practice. The recently retired info clerk at N. Station...

Yeah it actually makes sense. Must be a mistake

Three of us MBCR Communications Department Technicians installed the WiFi in half a dozen coaches in the Worcester layover in early December as part of an undisclosed pilot program. I think they picked the Worcester line, quite frankly, because Lt. Gov.Tim Murray rides the line a least one day a we...