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That's been a bottleneck since the 3rd and 4th drawbridges over the Charles River were removed in the 1960s.

Corporate tax issues may be another reason why the proposal is for CPR to take over NS. A Canada-based CPR/NS would have less tax liability than if the combined railroad were to be based in the US because US-based corporations must pay US income tax on all sources of income, foreign and domestic. Ca...

If my memory is accurate, CPf-WJ (inclusive)-Haverhill, CPF-WL (inclusive)-Fitchburg and CPF-BY (inclusive)-Lowell is dispatched by Pan Am Railways, as all or most of these segments are also part of PAR's Freight Main.

The first outbound train of the day on Saturdays doesn't leave South Station until 8:40.

http://www.mass.gov/governor/press-office/press-releases/fy2015/governor-announces-mbta-winter-resiliency-plan.html Pretty much everything in and along the right of way (third rail, switches, signaling and control equipment, and associated cabling, as well as the ROW fencing), and new de-icing equi...

The Billerica Shops were part of the B&M commuter assets that were sold to the MBTA in 1976, according to NETransit's history of the T, and the B&M (and its legal successors) were most likely granted the right to continue occupying the property, similar to the trackage rights granted in perp...

Here's a YouTube video someone took in Wilmington and posted of the derelict screamers being moved to Billerica:

F40PH "Screamer" Conga Line - MBTA Commuter Rail

Looks there has been a problem with the third-rail power on the Blue Line, hence the above-mentioned delay:

http://www.universalhub.com/2015/fire-i ... ine-snowed

Downeaster passengers should expect delays and/or cancelled trains May 4-June 12 due to an MBTA/Keolis tie replacement project between Reading and Haverhill, which will affect the single track between Wilmington Junction and Andover. https://blog.mass.gov/transportation/mbta/mbta-keolis-commuter-rai...

Classic GM&O would be nice...

1153 is indeed red now:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3656819 (photo taken October 2013)

1111 suffered a major fire early in 1988:

David Hutchinson's photo: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2094766

Public FB photo, no login or account needed:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... &source=48

The MBTA Board of directors has voted to make riding the MBTA free on April 24, and to offer a 15% discount on monthly passes for May:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/283957 ... ash-riders

I don't know if it resulted in any delays, but some Braintree High students thought that smashing windows on a Red Line train would be a good way to celebrate Braintree's win over Andover in a state high school girls' basketball semifinal game at the Garden: http://m.patriotledger.com/article/201503...