by ceo
It's a handsome vehicle (sure is better looking than those Type 7 hideosities), but the headlights look like two Mickey Mouse heads. And now you can't unsee that either.
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bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:39 pm Doesn't look at all like the original drawings they put out.Just can't place that trackage . . .
newgreenline.jpg
bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:58 am That's on the new Memorial Drive transitway.Ahhh. Leave town for a week and miss out on all the great new trackage plans!
diburning wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:27 am Here's a video by Tim Murphy (an MBTA inspector) showing the underside of a Type 9 (camera is in the gauge). I find it interesting how they were able to fit a "real" truck under the center section unlike the spring loaded stub axles on a Type 8.It's more rumbly than I expected, and seeing exposed gears was a surprise.
https://www.facebook.com/TiminMurphy/vi ... 415820991/
The video is public, you do not need a facebook account to view it.