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Besides the brake dust and ozone / ionization, I think we are smelling greases and lubricants. Does the MBTA publish MSDS for chemicals and brake compounds?

It's been really quiet from the time they announced the appointment up until we heard about the psychologist. Governer Patrick today stated his confidence in the candidate. From the way the dismissal of Grabauskas was handled, the head of the MBTA is all about politics. Gov Patrick is not running fo...

T management had been trying to get rid of that line since the 1940s. When they finally did so, it was sneaky in the sense that they claimed they were doing repairs, but the process played out over years, with lawsuits flying all around. So it's not like they pulled the plug one day - they had a cl...

I've heard no mention of the extension on the Boston media. Searching Boston Herald website shows AP story two days agos. Search on Boston.com comes up dry.

BostonUrbEx » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:09 pm ... Do I think returning to it beyond Brigham, even with fewer stops, is a good idea? Absolutely not. In order to run "E" to Arborway, you need a convertible rail-road vehicle. This would also allow for "A" Watertown service past Packard's ...

For Massachusetts, 3-4 ft coastal storm surge and hurricane-force gusts on the cape. For the rest of the state it is a tropical storm. There is danger, but shutting down the "T" will cause more harm (how will medical personel or patients get to hospitals?). 11PM news reported they are stag...

The 1945 plan for rapid transit cannibalizing some B&A tracks ain't gonna happen. The cannibals from the Turnpike Authority got there first; I'll have to read the 1945 plan. Those four tracks weren't necessary in 1958, but are missed now. I'd like to see a type of DMU that can operate on both F...

I'm confused; Is the front end loader being operated by the G&U itself or is this a point where a contractor takes over responsibility? Perhaps an "intermodal" move

There's only two major routes between New Haven and Boston - the Shore Line, and the Inland Route. The Shore Line only has so much capacity due to the populated areas it travels through. The Inland Route is going to get more and more necessary. How much shorter was the "Air Line" that the...

When they rebuilt Mt Auburn St (MA-16) in Watertown (late 80s or early 90s), they scraped off the pavement and there was a cement road with trolley tracks set in cobblestone. If they had cleaned out the flanges I bet they could have run trolleys it looked so good. They tore the whole thing up and re...

It's too bad they didn't make provisions at Yawkey for some kind of express track. Also, will the development be right up to the track? Are they keeping their options open, for example if they ever electrified the mainline, and if they time separated freight, they might want to reconnect the Highlan...

What is the width of a track? Two tracks? How wide should a platform be? How much of a shoulder is needed so that it is safe for the MOW? Drainage? Constant tension catanery poles? I assume a center platform needs to be wider than a side platform, since you can always hug the wall of a side platform...

I am getting hit with multiple pop-ups every time I try to read a topic or post. It is messing up my computer and I am considering a total withdrawl until and unless this problem is corrected. I suggested to the previous ownership years ago that instead of pop-up that they consider a reasonable ann...

I originally registered an account on here about a couple weeks ago. When I tried to log in this morning, I couldn't, and then I ran across a thread similar to this one from August 2011 stating that accounts with 0 posts will be pruned. So I had to re-register, and here I am, again. Explains what h...

If it's CP maybe it affects MMA...or maybe Irving wants to spread things out to prevent bottlenecks / reliability.