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I could find the abandoned ROW as it headed out of South Deerfield, but as it wound its way up the river I completely lost it --- it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack among all those hills. Can anyone fill me in as to the approximate route it took? Did it join the B&M at the Buckland...

Passengers on the C train are the first to ride the new R211Ts, the MTA's first "open gangway" cars.
From amNY: New ‘open gangway’ R211 subway cars enter service on the C line between Brooklyn & Manhattan

Owing to severe flooding, service on the Vermonter and Ethan Allen Express has been suspended in Vermont .

https://www.amtrak.com/alert/amtrak-ser ... ress-.html

A ride from Lechmere to Medford/Tufts (without narration).
Watch: LECHMERE To MEDFORD/TUFTS Full ride GLX (YouTube)

Alexandros Washburn envisages "rebuilding Penn Station as the magnificent cathedral it was."

From the New York Post: This vision for brand-new Penn Station is what NYC dreams are made of (includes video)

Here's an informative YouTube video by the Historical Society of Windham County, Vermont:
Watch: West River Railroad

MBTA derailments are two for two since the shutdown began.

From the Boston Herald: MBTA reports two construction derailments days into Orange Line project

Governor Charlie Baker and Congressman Richard Neal joined Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner aboard a theater car traveling from BOS to SPG today.

From WWLP: Baker, Neal, Amtrak CEO arrive by train in Springfield to promote East-West Rail

From the Blue Line shut down last Friday. https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/mbta-blue-line-disrupted-friday-afternoon-following-piece-metal-that-fell/DFVHF6BQLBBCBP2VVUTSFGO2PU/ It looks like a metal plate protecting the catenary under the recently renovated pedestrian bridge at Suffolk Downs...

The FTA's power is its pocket book. It is not a regulatory agency like the FRA. It has the power to take over safety oversight, per 2015 legislation that got passed. There they can order changes. It has happened before with WMATA: https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-and-guidance/safety/fta-safe...

Let's try this from NBC Boston: Construction Equipment Derails on Red Line, Damaging Third Rail

It seems the MBTA can't win for losing. A piece of construction equipment derailed on the Red Line near Quincy Center, damaging the third rail and causing shuttle buses to replace service during the Tuesday morning commute. Full article: MBTA says construction equipment derailed on Red Line, damagin...

Universal HUB reports another Red Line runaway from the Braintree yard this morning. Fair use: A two-car Red Line train came out of the Braintree yard when it wasn't supposed to around 5:30 a.m. and then didn't stop until it got about 800 feet north of the station, the MBTA reports. Full article: Th...

On Thursday, the Connecticut Department of Transportation received (up to) $13,860,000 in federal funding for Enfield Station and Track Improvements : The proposed project will conduct environmental review, preliminary engineering, final design, and construction of a new station to accommodate incre...

Hotel was built in the same style as old Penn Station (also designed by McKim Mead?) and was stately. Yes, the Hotel Pennsylvania was also designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White, albeit nearly a decade after the death of Charles F. McKim, Penn Station's principal architect. (He died before...