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Tuesday, October 10
5:06 a.m.

Early news on Boston's Channel 5 this morning reported that a person had been struck and killed by a train in Concord, MA about 11 p.m. last night.

Online news report based on police reports says it was an inbound train that wasn't scheduled to stop at West Concord.

I believe SIECO (Southern Iron & Equipment Company or Corporation) was the builder of one of the pulpwood cars modeled by Walthers (as well as a type of boxcar modeled by Athearn, perhaps initially in the Genesis line, correctly decorated for the Boston & Maine, Bay Colony and several other ...

Nothing high tech or particularly gross was involved. I was told that one of the crew flushed the toilet (presumably to open the "door" under the hopper), looked down as he did it and saw the cards.

When I got to Concord depot about 6:25 this morning (Friday, August 11) to catch the second inbound train, scheduled to leave at 6:36, the electronic sign said it would be there in 19 minutes. Later it added that the delay was due to "police activity at Fitchburg". When I got on I asked a ...

I rode the first inbound train from Concord, MA, this morning (Friday, August 4). It was on time or nearly so. Between Waverley and Belmont, I think, one of the crew made an announcement over the PA system: the drawbridge to North Station was stuck in the up position, and the train wouldn't be going...

See http://www.tibranch.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for a lot of information on these branches.

At 12:33 p.m. on Monday, March 20 the MBTA posted this notice for the Fitchburg line on its website: "Fitchburg Line trains are expected to experience delays due to a trespasser strike near Porter Square. Updates to follow. Individual train alerts will be sent as needed." I believe it mean...

More good work on the Commuter Rail's Fitchburg line: Got up late Monday morning (second full day of Daylight Savings Time). No chance to catch 6:36 train from Concord. Left home in Maynard at 7:30, having seen on T website that the #406 was running 20-30 minutes late. Guessed that I'd have a better...

Wednesday, March 15, 11:08 a.m. Sometimes the T Commuter Rail and/or Keolis does/do things right. After a half-hour of clearing the last inch of snow/ice that fell late yesterday on my car (after nearly three hours of shoveling snow and clearing cars earlier), I left Maynard about 6:40 this morning....

Wednesday, March 8, 10:46 a.m., EST. Fortunately, I chose to drive to Alewife yesterday instead of taking the train to Porter from Concord depot. (I'd had to have my car re-inspected at 8 a.m. in South Acton and got to Concord depot in time for the 8:51. But the electronic sign said it was running 2...

John, thanks for posting the photos. This is one of the hoppers that Bethlehem Steel built for the D&H in the 1960's specifically for hauling ilmenite. That stuff is so heavy that a small pile over each hopper made a full load. I think the D&H tended to use older twin hoppers for hauling the...

As to the D&H offset twin hoppers the D&H painted black with yellow graphics (no name, but solid yellow shield herald) in 1974, Athearn released a single car and two four-packs last month; their website lists them as still in stock. They're now marketed as part of Athearn's Roundhouse line, ...

Yes, there are photos of cars in this scheme in Morning Sun Books' D&H Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment . On page 70 is a photo from the collection of the late Jim Odell (one of the book's co-authors and a stalwart of the Bridge Line Historical Society, which cooperated in the prod...

On Thursday, February 9 I missed the 6:31 a.m. inbound from West Concord by about a minute. Had a second breakfast in the Club Car Cafe in the old depot while confirming Harvard Law School was open. Caught the 7:31, which was almost empty. The school's authorities decided by about 10:25 to shut the ...