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Thanks. Yes, I was kind of more interested in how they stretched out into the surrounding towns. Seems that they are missed on a number of the historic survey maps of the time.

Does anyone know of any maps of the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway? It is hard ot find any information about it.

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I wonder how this merger between the P&W and the Genesee and Wyoming will affect the project?

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I remember reading somewhere that the Washington St tunnel was initially designed to handle regular rail cars at the beginning, although I can't seem to find this now. This had me wondering - could something like the MTA's M7 cars work on the orange line, or would they be too large to fit?

Where is/are the bottlenecks on the green line then?

Most of the stations along the Green Line have only 2 platforms. Park Street, however, has 4. It seems to me that one of the bottlenecks seems to be that section between Park and Government Center, in particular waiting for switches to activate to direct trains to the proper platform. If they extend...

Well, for one, as a private company they should not be just sharing their business plan with you. I don't get why everyone feels that they are entitled to both see and dispute any companies financial figures nor planning. If you are an investor, yes. If you just want to second guess them, really, no...

It sounds to me that many people are making a lot of assumptions and cost analysis without knowing anything about the details of the plans. But that is how the game works - destroy the idea before anyone can present valid plans. WBDC is more than happy to support things like this. That is what they ...

Looking at where the cars ended up, why did what I am assuming was the first car end up so separated from everything else? The locomotive ended up pretty far from the rest of the train, but still remained somewhat in line. Yet that one car is completely dislocated. Did the locomotive and the rest of...

Yeah, I messed that one up big time. I typed South Station when I was thinking Park Street Station. I wasn't so much thinking about a pedestrian tunnel as much as digging the blue line deeper and heading in that direction. Eventually (meaning probably never) that stub might be a way to get another t...

I know I am taking the thread in a completely different direction, but if they are going to use a TBM, would it make more sense to simply start from State, go even deeper, and curve towards South Station? I know you would have to go around that building on the corner of State and Washington, but aft...

I am trying to find out some information about the Pullman Standard factory in Worcester, MA. I know it was originally owned by Osgood Bradley, that they were bought out by Pullman in 1930, closed in 1960, and part of the structure burned in the early 2000's. Beyond that, though, what did they build...

Thanks. It's one of those occasions where you have this fantastic opportunity, but then discover there is no real way to take advantage of. We are planning an event, and there is a park model train there with about a mile of track, maybe a bit less. Unfortunately there is a tunnel that limits the si...

Are there any private modelers at the 24" gauge level? If you had a sudden opportunity to use a 2' gauge track for a couple of days, could you find anyone else who would be interested in bringing along a locomotive? It would be too small to use a something like an old Maine two footer (tunnel l...

I know this is a bit improper, but I tried reading through the 52 pages and my mind is no longer talking to me...

Can someone give me a a quick (objective) summary of where the Flying Yankee restoration project now sits and what, if anything, is going ot happen in the nearish future?

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