by MBTA3247
TRANSITman619 wrote:robert, what do you mean they have been reduced to ashes? were they all burned up or sold for scrap?I believe he was using it as a figure of speech (saying they were turned into razor blades would be more appropriate, though ). With all the chemicals in them, there's no way they would be allowed to burn the cars (plus, unlike the trolley cars of old, there's no wood in them to burn off anyway).
The cars were cut up for scrap.
"The destination of this train is [BEEP BEEP]" -announcement on an Ashmont train.