The Lost Station at Northeastern

[rhodiecub2]

Has anyone heard of a lost station at Northeastern? Was this supposed to be an underground when they intended to put the "E" line underground on Huntington Ave? I saw this information about this supposed lost station on this website.

https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/bos ... sachusetts

[dieciduej]

Yes and No!

The ramp for the Huntington Ave subway was built out of wooden beams over an open pit. This was done for a possible extension of the subway tunnel further down Huntington Ave. The shell of the subway walls were built as far as the southern end of today's Northeastern Station.

Ref: BSRA Bulletin 23, "Streetcar Lines of the Hub - The 1940's Heyday of Electric Transit in Boston" pg 96

JoeD

[jwhite07]

The pit was filled in and the trestle removed sometime in the early 80s in anticipation of future operation of Type 7s on the Huntington Avenue line, because the Type 7 was much heavier than previous streetcar designs (85,000 lb vs 67,000 lb for a Boeing LRV and ~40,000 lb for a PCC).

[BandA]

[OT] why are the Type-7s so much heavier than an LRV?

[MBTA3247]

My guess would be higher crash-worthiness standards.

[jwhite07]

My guess would be higher crash-worthiness standards.

Could be that in part, yes. Bear in mind the weight of an SLRV I quoted was as-built per spec sheet, not modded with Sutrak or Vapor AC units or anything else done to them over the years.

The Type 7 is also another generation in technology and thus a much more complex vehicle than the SLRV. All that technology is fed by computers, modules, electrical wire, and stuff, and all of that stuff has weight. A lot of weight, once you consider there are MILES of wiring in an SLRV and probably twice as much or more than that in a Type 7.