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The Fitchburg Line was delayed again tonight (11/1). The delay started with Train 468, the 5:09 departure from South Acton. Onboard 468 was a "suspicious package" (actually a suspicious oversized suitcase based on radio communications). 468 was held at the South Acton station while the cre...

Does anyone know if yesterday's run down the Southern Secondary had the two Gensets that are going to be stationed at Earle? They were supposedly in Oak Island earlier in the week being prepped to head down to Earle. I thought I heard somewhere that NJT has a restriction on Gensets operating over th...

[quote="ns3010"][quote="octr202"]There's also the inverse of the above. 177 on Thursday afternoon had 1800, I believe three assorted flats, and an 800 or 900 car up front. Wasn't close enough to see what the car behind the locomotive was, but it was the tall variety. "That's...

Bad morning on the Fitchburg Line on Friday 10/25. Train 406, the normal 6:00 departure from the 'burg was delayed about :25 minutes when one of the new Rotem cab cars would not play nice with the pushing GP40MC. Train 406 left Fitchburg about 6:23 AM and then made all the local stops into Boston ar...

sery2831 wrote:They were tagged in transit to Boston.

Several of the new Rotems which have been sitting idle at BET have been tagged with graffiti- at least on the side that faces towards the Fitchburg Main. It's sad seeing bright, shiny new equipment already tagged...

-Mike

[quote="luminous53"]yeah the 4th car (Railbox) . The teacher told me for some reason the government uses's Railbox cars often. I don't know if it's true but that's what I heard. Back in the mid-80s when I was growing up in Hazlet, NJ, I used to see a lot of Railboxes that were placarded &q...

As someone who takes the MBTA's Fitchburg Line every day, I can say that I haven't seen any tankers at Veryfine/Kraft in close to two years- long before the rebuild project got underway from the Willows East. Not sure if Pan Am "lost" them as a customer or not, but the Veryfine's siding ha...

Rather rough ride on the Fitchburg Route the last couple of mornings due to signal issues and speed restrictions. Train 408 was about :15 minutes late yesterday into North Station 9/16. Today (9/17), Train 408 was about :30 mins late into North Station. The first delay it hit was near the Willows- w...

Rather rough ride on the Fitchburg Route this morning (9/17) due to signal issues and speed restrictions. The first delay Train 408 hit was near the Willows- we ran at restricted speed from CPF-WL all the way to Littleton-495 station using the "original" track (Track 1). Boarded on the &qu...

Hi Everyone, That is really sad news. John's passing seems like it happened really suddenly. Was he sick? I never knew John personally, only through this messageboard, but he seemed like a really nice guy. You could tell that he really loved what he did for a living. A true consummate professional, ...

While not a dedicated "oil train" per se, I spotted Pan Am/CSXT Train SEPO moving off of the Worcester Main to the Fitchburg Line yesterday in Ayer, MA (8/12). Besides the usual consist of boxes, yesterday's edition of SEPO had at least 15-20 brand new TGOX tank cars which were placarded U...

[quote="dth9269"]Engine #3247 outbound at West Cambridge just now (~9:50AM EDT), hauling a black tanker ("Water Only" stenciled on the side) and a yellow vehicle with various types of equipment (including perhaps a generator?). UPDATE: The locomotive returned inbound, alone, at ~...

Well, the 'Wizards of Boston Engine Terminal' worked their magic yet again and 'Mr. Commuterr Rail', F40 #1000 is back on the road again after suffering a major road failure in Fitchburg, MA at the end of June. It spotted it this afternoon holding near the Noerth Station drawbridges with an inbound ...

Well, the 'Wizards of Boston Engine Terminal' worked their magic yet again, and 'Mr. Commuter Rail', F40 #1000 is back on the road again after experiencing that major road failure in Fitchburg, MA at the end of June. I spotted it this afternoon (7/8/13) holding on an inbound consist heading into Nor...