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Today, Wednesday the 23rd, I noticed trees and brush cut back in Concord, north from Storrs St to 393. Also saw men with some kind of MOW equipment or tractor behind an old box car. Supposedly the city is preparing to extend Storrs St north, which looks like it would require track relocation to the ...

If F, could it have been on its way to Lincoln for repair/refurb? Memory is a tricky thing, but I think it hard to mistake a F unit for a GP18.

What shade of green? I think of 503 as faded medium green.

People do care about appearances; shiny new draws new customers, some of whom keep using the T. Ultimately moving people around is and should be the priority. I agree that showplace stations are pointless gestures. I never cease to be amazed at the total lack of understanding of materials, drainage,...

As to why Green and not Orange, I think in terms formerly used to define rapid transit plans: low platform and high platform. Obviously Green is low platform, and in the 1940s it was thought there would be more lines like the D branch, not all feeding the central subway. Headhouses and prepaid platf...

RE: the 1941 list, individual sleepers were set off at Claremont Jc, WRJ, and Woodsville? And not, one could buy a sleeper ticket from New York to these destinations, but the car kept going to Montreal or Bretton Woods? I can think of two likely ways to get to Woodsville. I think it worth mentioning...

Any idea of what the routings would have been? Cherry Mountain was the old name for Jefferson NH station, to avoid confusion with the branch to Jefferson Hill. Are there more northern New England destinations in that Consist Book? New York via the Connecticut River valley was a sleeper route. Conco...

Reading about this today I wondered, Why pay to name a station when my firm can buy all the ad space for less? We would rename a station but no one would refer to the new name except to mock it. Forget station names, just sell ad space anywhere it fits. I remember the idea of wrapping CR cars in the...

What I got out of Lowenthal's Titanic RR was a disagreeable meeting of skunks who tried through construction and purchase to scare the other side into submission. Both sides manipulated state and local governments and boosters with unfulfillable promises. So, not only the Hampden and SNE, but propos...

Pales in comparison, as in, "How was your trip?" "The train was packed." and wouldn't mention the platforms unless prompted. I agree that the limited signage Arlington mentions is a good idea not only for infrequent riders like me, but for the daily commuter who leads the unexami...

This thread contains a two different issues pointing toward on goal. Physical plant (gates, signs, something new), and passenger behavior ---> squeezing more efficiency into the T. My example: I mostly ride the Red Line to/from South Station. If I get on northbound for Harvard Square, I want the sou...

Every state should do electronic tolling on every controlled access highway's on/off ramp to charge based on where you enter and where you exit. That's not discriminatory, that's removing a subsidy. Yes, yes, yes. Partner with a private contractor to install plate/EZ Pass scanners, all kinds of pro...

I read the scant paragraph in the report about the Indigo line as diesel rapid transit, and think Salem remote but running up to Anderson may have Alewife potential- depends on zoning and the RE market. Has anything concrete on frequency of Indigo service come up? What about length/capacity of train...

I see the Indigo Line in terms of subway substitute. The T/Commonwealth can't or won't pay for new subway lines and this plan is an admission they won't even try to get blood out of Washington's stone. So how to achieve the goal of getting workers to and from the places that are growing without more...

DMUs don't change anything along the Haverhill line unless more trains are run in an effort to bring in more riders, and I wonder if that's your question- would DMUs mean more trains? In that case taking back the OL track removes bottle necks. Why not convert the whole North side to DMUs over time? ...

If MBCR wins the contract, then doesn't follow through with the facility or move their HQ to Roxbury- what would their penalty be? Performance penalties I understand, but these other promises are vague. I don't know how difficult or expensive it is to move equipment between North and South, or if th...