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The 1071 never made it onto the Extra Saturday. the Mid Extra Saturday was a disaster, only the 1053 and 6 Rotems made it back to Readville

With fiber-optic cables dispatch could easily be moved to Cobble Hill. Likely scenario when they expand South Station. No way would you move it across the street to High Street. Just wondering if Keolis or Amtrak dispatch is less expensive or "better". No idea where the Mill River-Springf...

BandA wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:08 pm Widett Circle requires trains to cut across all the NEC tracks, so approach congestion is not addressed.

This is why Widett circle has been selected as the new area for a facility, its less than a mile from SS. Easily get trains in and out of SS with ease if the Post Office continues to be stubborn and not vacate the area. Going to the former Beacon Park is a 4 mile trip

CETC = Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control Amtrak and Keolis dispatchers share the same room at SS. Keolis dispatchers are employed by Keolis, so wouldn't matter if the MBTA did it or not, they payed for it thru the contract and to be honest, with all the problems at High St., I believe ...

The newest problem (on a long list of issues) sidelining the rebuilds is water leaking in thru the windshield, and down into the nose shorting out the electronics (ACSES, CABS/ATC)

correct, still 0 in service. 4 are sitting on Track 5 in Middleboro, the rest of the new fleet is currently down in Rochester

I was simply told that there is a computer trainline issue, I'll get a more detailed response

the 1031 is correct, Tree damage from a November wind storm couple years back

Thank you for the correction/clarification. My "Heavy Rail" comment was referring to the CR fleet

they get what they deserve. The lowest bidder never is the best.....shocking. How many of the new Rotems are in service? since the first batch arrived, been here, there, Area 52, BET and back again .............0 zip none nada as the Steve Miller Band once said "Take the Money and Run"

lite rail and heavy rail can't mingle together on same track. They must mean an update and modernization of Cabot Yard Gotta remember, pple writing those articles/pieces of information for the public know nothing about trains/subways etc. The majority thinks that the MBTA subway and CR are the same....

This is a joke. Gonna take much much longer than that to complete, even IF they started the projects tomorrow. People making these calls, and statements have 0 idea of RR'ing, construction, planning, environmental studies....more planning...another environmental study...then build. The T is A MESS f...

IIRC, Erie is focused on an overseas Loco order at the moment, the F40s put on the back burner. I'll try to get more deets. I DO remember being told that the last Rebuild that came back (I forget the unit #) was going to be the last one for quite some time

quite the debacle, CSX L002 with 87 cars, at 340A, shoving off loads located on their tail end into the G&U, onto the ground....also pulled a draw bar/ broken knuckle on the 62nd car at Parmenter Road xing

6 axles have been approved to operate on the Middleboro Secondary ive heard, so quite possible I personally didn't see the 8060, only GP40-2's yesterday on my roll by, the odd ball was the 6152