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[quote=MaineCoonCat post_id=1609916 time=1667876315 user_id=24373] Actually, the rail trail is unpopular with many residents. Particularly abutters. Fear of possibly "unsavory characters" using it, apparently. [/quote] But my understanding is that the Bruce Freeman Trail, which also goes t...

Not going to happen. The Central Mass. Railroad was a marginal operation from the very beginning, it was abandoned for a reason.

An overhead power line would have been horrible. The MCRT through Weston and Wayland is much less pretty than it could be, because of the overhead power line going down it. Fortunately Eversource dropped that idea very early on.

About the survey markers: Phase 2D of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail runs from this diamond to a little past the Concord town line, where it meets the completed part of the trail. It's at 100% design and slated to start construction this fall or next spring. I don't know if there's a plan to preserve ...

Just to be clear, the Eversource transmission line was planned as underground from the very beginning. The Protect Sudbury people were trying to get it routed under streets instead of under the Central Mass. corridor.

The connection between the Haverhill Line and the Wellington Orange Line yard has had a big pile of dirt dumped on it every time I've gone by it. There would be no reason to reactivate it for delivering the new cars, since they have to be hoisted off a flatbed anyway and you can do that from the Hav...

The existing stubs already provide for an eastbound connection towards Everett and Chelsea. It's the westbound connection that's a little more ambiguous.

But there is no corresponding westbound connection This got hashed out on ArchBoston a while back. The theory is to convert the Grand Junction to light rail, and have it dive under the Fitchburg Line and come up between the Union Square Branch tracks, joining them right under the McGrath Highway br...

Originally, those stubs were intended for leads to the maintenance facility, but at the time they didn't know where that was going to be. When the siting was finalized, it turned out to be easier to access it from the Medford Branch via a spur in the former Yard 8, near the Brickbottom building, and...

My understanding is that because Cambridge St. was roughly doubled in width in the 60s, all the utilities are on one side and the other side is relatively clear underneath.

I know that the redesign called for on-board fare collection, but that was assuming AFC 2.0, with the proof-of-payment system on the Green Line, was going to be in place by then. Not actually sure what the plan is now.

Yeah, somehow the updated maps make it seem more real than, oh, the heavy construction going on a block from my house.

I... very strongly doubt that. Everything I've seen indicates that the new viaduct is built to match the elevation of the old one.

It was originally built as a temporary service and inspection facility while the old Boston Engine Terminal was torn down and the Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility was being built.

Any Amtrak stations that are shared with commuter or regional rail systems will have different signage from Amtrak-only stations.