by Mcoov
Yet the NYC Subway has no issues changing service patterns for years on end. My cousin remembers the day they introduced the V, and the day they stopped it.
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CRail wrote:No one said they can't be switched. The effort is being made to preserve the 'norm.' We've become such lemmings that the T is afraid to change anything in the fear that everyone will end up somewhere near Pluto and the ADA will sue again. I don't agree with the mentality, but so it is.Very well said CRail. Anytime the T needs to adjust the "expected" flow of how operations are executed, some folks seem to get up in arms over it (as if to say "how dare you mess with MY expectations).
Your photo is obviously of an old sign. Instead of bashing government labor on a railfan forum, perhaps you could bring it to the Authority's attention and maybe it will get replaced.
djimpact1 wrote:To get more focused on Government Center again, I found that I took a picture of the "GC" paneled wall 3 years ago, and took a picture of the same wall this past Friday night (with the newly-uncovered Scollay Under sign). I decided to align both & fade from 2011 to 2014. The result (watermarked obviously) is below...Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Yellowspoon wrote:I am not sure what resources are wasted operating to the loop at Gov't Center. It is the same as looping trains at Bowdoin when that station is closed. The idea of operating cars to the Gov't loop is purely for spacing. Both the B and D lines are heavy and cannot realistically operate out of Park St on the same track. So one of the heaviest lines needs to go beyond Park St to loop.
Given that swapping berths on the westbound route is occasionally done, what possible reason could there be for wasting resources to run the trains to Government Center?
Disney Guy wrote:I wish that the GC renovation plans had included restoration of a small portion (about 20 feet wide, floor to ceiling) to ca. 1914 appearance. Included would be the Scollay Under mosaic and vintage light fixtures. Also a similar exhibit for the Green Line.I was thinking something similar waiting for my train the last time I was there. The columns and riveted steelwork on the Green Line level are really quite nice in an industrial way. If the designers were to embrace what's already there and work with it instead of covering it with stainless steel panels like in recent renovations (State!) they could really have something on their hands. Just look at how well the ornate headhouse at Copley turned out as opposed to replacing it with the typical glass box. I doubt it will happen, but maybe they'll at least get rid of that false ceiling from the '60s overhaul that cuts the headroom in half. That alone would give the station a more 'airy' feel, like what they're trying to go for with the proposed headhouse.
Construction crews working deep in the bowels of Government Center Station Monday uncovered a historic tile mosaic on the Blue Line platform from the days of “Scollay Under.”
ns3010 wrote:Interestingly enough, the escalators were still running when I passed through Monday night!For anyone who hasn't seen the discussion via UniversalHub: