Track 61

I vaguely remember seeing an old Alco that was sitting behind a fence (near the BCEC?). What ever happened to that?

While it was present on Google earth a few years ago, I went looking for it with a friend and it was not there. We assume it was scrapped by the owner of the property it lived on.

Edit: Google Earth imagery from August 2013 shows it there and in the next image from 2014 it is gone.

I think this is the locomotive:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/Locopi ... x?id=62613

It was in an industrial lot until a few years ago. I thought I saw pictures of it being scrapped but I can't find them.

Boston Globe Business section article today by Jon Chesto reports that Track 61's future is subject to Litigation in court, beginning Monday (?).

Is that Litigation about the easement that didn't specify "subway cars"?

Apparently the landowners who were paid handsomely for an easement want to build a condo over the tracks which the MBTA says interferes with their Red Line car testing, etc etc. . To me it sounds like the court decision will a) determine who wins , and b) will probably be appealed, etc. Time will tell...

I can't read the article. It's behind a paywall. Who exactly sold this ROW anyhow?

I'm pretty sure the part of the row that was sold was part of a yard.

The RR that owned the freight rights back in the 1980s sold the yard and created an easement for the row that passes through.

I know this was posted somewhere on these forums, I remember reading it here. I think it was in an other thread about this track.

The easement listed what type of freight that would be transported. That easement never specified passenger rail server or subway cars so the developer who owns the land sued to block it saying it would be detrimental to their development.

I believe this is the only section of the row that has been sold / is part of an easement. And it's dead center between the red line and the sea port.

Test Track (not the ride at Disney World) is ready:

https://www.mbta.com/projects/red-line- ... cles-month

Time to polish those rails then. They are need of some love.

Really great to see that new construction in the Seaport is allowing for the eventual return of service on Track 61 whenever that occurs. Would be pretty cool to see a train coming through the outdoor cafe while sipping your latte!

No Latte served there, that's a Lord Hobo beer garden patio.
That's kind of bizarre, flangeways aren't very pedestrian, wheelchair, or bicycle friendly especially after having a few Lord Hobo Boom Sauces. (7.8 ABV)

neman2 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:35 pm No Latte served there, that's a Lord Hobo beer garden patio.

Hell, even better

Most likely with COVID and distancing Lord Hobo was able to take over that area. If a train was every to ply those rails again all the restaurants, bars and so on will be up in arms.

They didn't notice the railroad track coming through their seating area?