by ck4049
There really arent that many remains of the old Back Bay Station. All the platforms that are in use at that station are totally new as of 1987.
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When the current building was being built did they pick up and drop off passengers there?Yes, although it was a typical construction mess. Framingham/Worcester service on the B&A ran normally throughout the project and used part of a platform on the north side. All Northeast Corridor service was rerouted through Dorchester during the construction of the Orange Line/Amtrak ditch, but the MBTA operated a frequent Back Bay-South Station shuttle, usually a pair of RDCs. That used a section of a platform at the east end of the station. Access to all this was via various temporary stairs and ramps.
TomNelligan wrote:If by "rebuilt" you mean replaced with new rails and ties, yes. If you mean moved around, the old and new stations are in the same place but I'm sure there were some small lateral shifts in the exact position of the NEC trackage since it was a complete reconstruction.The current Back Bay Station was built as part of the Southwest Corridor project, which shifted the NEC from above grade to below grade between (roughly) Forest Hills and Back Bay, and also moved the Orange Line into the same ROW.
The EGE wrote: That's the only thing that remains of the six previous stations, to my knowledge.I believe that the locomotive relief keystone remains as well on the exhaust stack on Clarendon St as well. I wonder what will happen to it if and when that area is redeveloped.
NealG wrote:This made me chuckle.The EGE wrote: That's the only thing that remains of the six previous stations, to my knowledge.I believe that the locomotive relief keystone remains as well on the exhaust stack on Clarendon St as well. I wonder what will happen to it if and when that area is redeveloped.
Some of the relief rescued from the old station was reinstalled on the walls between the tracks and the streets that dead end off of Chandler St as well. Cazenove St, and St Charles St.