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The line was also represented for eons in the Legislature by convicted ex-Speaker Tom Finneran, whose political affinities were way more in line with the folks who made up Valley Rd.'s 45 daily boardings than the diversity of Mattapan Sq. He was as anti-transit cro-magnon as they came, and instrumen...

They are scheduled for replacement in a triple-agency procurement of dual-mode locos for LIRR, MNRR, and NYSDOT for Empire service that'll simultaneously replace the P32AC-DM's. At least 75 units to be spread between the agencies, with an RFP that needs to be issued within 2 years to start the proce...

Just out of curiosity, how long have the Retired MBB's been out of service before they were put back into service? And did they have to pass any type of inspections such as the 4 year inspections to do so? Most of them have been OOS for 2 years. The cab cars were all expired on inspections. Cab sho...

You still have to pay for the sub. You still have to ensure the transmission lines are piping the right capacity. You still have to do land acquisition for the sub. Easier vs. harder than other subs is not the question. ANY substation/transmission construction is the most expensive part of the elect...

I think electrification of the south-side lines running through BBY would be an excellent long-term investment. Yes, it would be expensive (both in terms of capital costs and ongoing operating costs), but it would have many benefits. A lot of the affected routes (Needham, Franklin, Fairmount) have ...

How was the air quality in BBY before 1986 when the station was replaced? (I wish I had gone to some of these places in the 1980s when they were still around) No comparison because the old station was in open air, not a covered cut. Why no electricity? New england has the highest electricity rates ...

P&W has indeed casually inquired about lanfill property. It's no huge net gain because of the elevation of the nearby landfill caps...just an approx. 2000 ft. x 100 ft. linear strip of buffer between the tracks and the start of the hill where they can squeeze a couple more tracks' worth of long ...

1. NYC banned Diesel locomotives in the underground tunnels years ago, and only electrics run into GCT and Penn Station. Why are Diesels allowed in the South End tunnel? Because it was designed for that from Day 1. The NEC wasn't electrified until '99; everything, including Amtrak, was diesel prior...

Was there are consideration to for the Turboliner cars to be modified as locomotive hauled coaches, as with VIA's LRC? Very different beasts. The LRC carriages were always conventional loco-hauled coaches from Day 1 and were always capable of being hauled by any old loco pin-compatible with VIA's H...

If Maine were to purchase/lease DMUs to equipped the Downeaster fleet, low numbers of rolling stock shouldn’t be a problem. DCTA has 11 Stadler GTWs, equivalent to 5 1/2 FLIRTs, CapMetroRail has 10 GTWs, equivalent to 5 FLIRTs, eBart has 8 GTWs, equivalent to 4 FLIRTs, TexRail will have 8 FLIRTs, a...

Ct branded Metro North commuter rail ??? I seriously doubt your misinformation. Yes, that is factually accurate. The 1982 decision on branding for the '83 launch was a joint MTA-CDOT pick. That's extremely well-documented. There's at least 2 old threads on this subforum detailing the etymology (che...

The IM/autorack yard is further south of Southbridge St. World Headquarters, spanning the area next to InTransit Container facility and the city dump. They don't have a whole ton of slack space left, either...and are almost certainly dealing with a little bit of post-blizzard backlog of their own. P...

It's very common to have qualifications across the East-of-Hudson system, and all manner of equipment that runs on it. Compared to a system with many, many more lines like NJT or the MBTA there's not a high absolute number of lines to qualify on. 3 mainlines, 3 branches...that's it. On the MBTA by c...

Every time I see CTrail though I always have to stop myself from pronouncing it "See Trail". It would have been a lot better if they had at least capitalized the R (CTRail). That would help immensely with my brain actually interpreting it as "CT Rail" not "C Trail". Un...

EXTREMELY unlikely that NNEPRA would find any cost benefit whatsoever to maintaining their own equipment given how small the DE's fleet is. The pooled scale of S&S on the PRIAA orders nets a Total Cost of Ownership that's extremely hard to beat. Even if Maine cut a separate S&S deal with Sie...