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Re: Where is this?! Court St. Remains?

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:54 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Adams Square ¦  Replies: 77 ¦  Views: 13772

1963, interesting, that's about the very year Scollay Square and Adams Square stations were closed, right? I'd say it's Adams, and when it closed, the new Government Center/Old Scollay became the new fallout shelter, hence the "Fallout Shelter" sign in the Gov Center headhouse. Obviously t...

Re: historic cars stored at boylston

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:01 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Historic Cars Stored at Boylston ¦  Replies: 87 ¦  Views: 9175

Just confirming 4366 is indeed behind the Boylston outbound fence, which I have never seen of all the times I went by in the past ~3 months (pretty much every Tues/Thurs, last time being maybe 1-2 weeks ago though, being busy and all with some other stuff lately. Also there was a spool of cable, so ...

Ah, so there IS a topic on this... Just did a search for "monitors" as I have seen a few around in the past month or two. I first noticed this on State Street Blue Line outbound. I recall there being two, actually. One looked surprising nice with 4 camera views on the screen, however, I go...

Re: New MBCR Website

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Mon Dec 07, 2009 7:48 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: New MBCR Website ¦  Replies: 8 ¦  Views: 1080

Just going through the site now I realized they don't have any information about zones or fares? Thought that was strange since it seems to have everything but that.

Re: Commuter Rail Locomotive Tracker

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:05 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Commuter Rail Locomotive Tracker ¦  Replies: 24 ¦  Views: 2821

Well... I saw what looked like 1009 sitting in the BET yard all by itself as I was heading home on the Orange Line. Then I saw I think 1035 en route to North Station, coming from Haverhill, Newburyport, or Rockport, at roughly 1:20. And at Oak Grove, a Haverhill-bound train overtook my Orange Line t...

Re: Where is this?! Court St. Remains?

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:01 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Adams Square ¦  Replies: 77 ¦  Views: 13772

Perhaps this is the section of the old tunnel that they found they can access through the City Hall basement?

I don't see why the operator was suspended. I understand why the attendant would be fired, but it's only the attendants job to check the doors and that's basically their only task, right? The operator didn't do anything wrong or unusual?

Re: What I'd do.

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:54 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: What I'd do. ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 876

$10,000,000 in damages. Hmm, that's a lot of legos.

Re: Could a freight train run down the green line?

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:20 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: Could a freight train run down the green line? ¦  Replies: 52 ¦  Views: 8284

This entire topic seems to focus on the D Line, could we broaden it a bit? Besides the cantanary being a problem for a MBCR, anyone think it's possible to get one up Chestnut Hill Ave? I'd pay to see that... I'm not sure how tight the curves are though or how tight a curve the commuter rail could ta...

Re: MBTA Launches New Map Initiative

 by BostonUrbEx ¦  Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:52 pm ¦  Forum: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) ¦  Topic: MBTA Launches New Map Initiative ¦  Replies: 104 ¦  Views: 15902

Seeing as the maps now have bus routes, I'm just waiting for them to finally call out the labeled routes when they call out the obscure phrase "Bus Connections" at every stop.

Again, I'm sorry if that upsets a lot of you, but that is what I see, MBTA contraction, not expansion. Unfortunately I have to say I think you're right, that does seem to be all that's happening... as far as heavy/light rail goes anyways... I feel like all the MBTA really wants to expand is the com...

Ha, yeah right! This is a real dream... This would require it's own trillion dollar bailout... However, should the MBTA find a trillion buried under Park Street... Work in *progress*: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1339/mbtatrashit.png I'll start with changes: 1. Red Line 1a. Alewife extended west t...

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