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 #20105  by caduceus
 
Caught a surprise as I came upstairs at North Station this afternoon - LRV 3424 parked on the upper level! It is at the Haymarket end, with the end just visible. Single car.

Looks like the work this past weekend was connecting the new rails to some switches.

 #20145  by efin98
 
not surprising there, they didn't have that scheduled so they had to have done the connections over the weekend. Great surprise though, I hope it's still there tomorrow when I take my last ride on the train.

 #20160  by CSX Conductor
 
Efin, last ride?

 #20228  by efin98
 
Hmm, might have come out wrong. My last ride on the North Station El, since I probably won't have another chance to ride the line until later on this summer after the line has closed.

Anyway, the first train on the new section of track is a great sign. The closure and reopening to North Station should be smoother now that the line was closed and the connection was made before the summer rush in Boston.

 #20236  by Robert Paniagua
 
Well I'm hoping that I get to hitch a ride on the Old Causeway St. El befoure it comes down, but I'll have to obtain my photo ID so that I can take film out front, and I should be in business hoepfully.

As for the 3424, I think it might be turned into or just used for work car service.

 #20567  by CSX Conductor
 
I know that it was on another thread, but when is the changing from old to new stations? last revenue date for lechmere el?

 #20582  by jwhite07
 
June 19.

 #20849  by CSX Conductor
 
Thanks Jonathon

 #20968  by jrc520
 
I'll have a picture of it taken today up shortly :-D

 #20971  by jrc520
 
here you go:

Image

 #21311  by Xplorer2000
 
Is it just the camera angle, or does that look like an awfully tight fit in there for that car???

 #21314  by jrc520
 
it's a tight fit. but, there is a bunch of junk that makes it so, like the fence, and some boxes and whatnot.

 #21366  by octr202
 
I spotted it this morning -- still sitting there just barely into the station. Can anyone who's ridden the GL between Haymarket and North Station confirm if there are switches in place to the superstation leads, or did they do a temporary cutover to let the LRV in? I would assume its being left there to test track, catenary and clearances before the superstation opens, but is it now isolated there until the final trackwork is done?

 #21547  by jack615
 
I rode the green line there last week and saw that car also, and it definately seems like work is being made on that spot to have green line cars be relocated to the new superstation, but not totally sure if there are already switches there for cars to get into the station. But this is exciting news because the big changeover is soon!

Jack

 #21805  by Stephen
 
There are no switches in place, so the LRV must have gotten there via a temporary cut-over.
Stephen