by StefanW
Tonight at Park St. I spotted car 3869 with "test train" signage rolling through northbound and then about 4 min. later southbound. (I'm assuming it looped at GC.)
According to NETransit http://members.aol.com/rtspcc/roster/MBTAroster.html it's in acceptance testing, but I'm wondering a couple things about what this means...
- I spotted it at 9:15PM; isn't that really odd, acceptance testing during revenue hours?
- There was a huge case (like a band's concert roadbox) in one of the wheelchair areas, with cabled draped from the handrails going up to the operator's cab. What are they monitoring that needs a box of gear that big?
- I think I counted four guys in that car. I swear one was lying down sleeping, and one guy was in the rear cab looking really zoned out. How long could they have been in there? Is acceptance testing some kind of equipment marathon?!?
This takes the cake for the strangest MBTA sighting I've had in a while.
According to NETransit http://members.aol.com/rtspcc/roster/MBTAroster.html it's in acceptance testing, but I'm wondering a couple things about what this means...
- I spotted it at 9:15PM; isn't that really odd, acceptance testing during revenue hours?
- There was a huge case (like a band's concert roadbox) in one of the wheelchair areas, with cabled draped from the handrails going up to the operator's cab. What are they monitoring that needs a box of gear that big?
- I think I counted four guys in that car. I swear one was lying down sleeping, and one guy was in the rear cab looking really zoned out. How long could they have been in there? Is acceptance testing some kind of equipment marathon?!?
This takes the cake for the strangest MBTA sighting I've had in a while.
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My live MBTA real-time mapping apps:
https://sites.harvard.edu/~wuensch/T/subway-map.html
https://sites.harvard.edu/~wuensch/T/commuter-rail-map.html
My live MBTA real-time mapping apps:
https://sites.harvard.edu/~wuensch/T/subway-map.html
https://sites.harvard.edu/~wuensch/T/commuter-rail-map.html