So nice to see those MBTA Classic F40PH-3C locos, CP40MC locos, and Multilevel car dinosaurs in the mix...Thanks!

I remember when the RDC cars ran from North Station until 1978 when the 1978 Blizzard cause some problems with the RDC cars and the MBTA leased from the B & M RR the GP-7’s for passenger service then there were the FP -10 engines both HEP and steam engines until there was more new commuter rail cars from Pullman to replace some of the RDC cars then the rebuild RDC pull and push cars came one time there were some X - New Haven passenger cars that were rebuild with HEP ran out of North Station then the MBTA leased some commuter rail cars from GO transit from Canada they replace the X - NH RR commuter rail cars that were sent back to the south side ( South Station ) the GO commuter rail cars were always with a FP - 10 engine that ran out of the North Station those were the good old days from North Station

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

If you haven't, you definitely should ride to Rockport. Scenery+easy walk to Bearskin Neck shop and restaurants from the station.

@3985uprr

11 ай бұрын

I’ve ridden it a few times. Rockport is lovely

Great Video! With those West German cars, Chelsea really reminds me of Meriden on the Hartford Line.

Always kinda bugged me how the MBTA mixes and matches those passenger cars. I guess I just like things to be in order. But hey, whatever works. What would really make me happy is if they electrified at least some of the system. Great video, as always!

@schwunkie

9 ай бұрын

Bills are being considered currently that would allow for partial electrification and theyre backed by politicians too

Just wait until the July 3 & 4th their will lots of boats going to esplanade for the pops concert.

I love MBTA and their old fleet but it would be nice if they’d upgrade to electrification and get some new passenger cars. I will miss seeing the F40 though.

@3985uprr

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Enjoy them while you can

That last clip was very interesting

On one of these Boston trips you should seriously railfan at Readville sometime. You have the fairmount line terminating on one track, the Franklin line branching off on another track and the northeast corridor as well with Amtrak, Stoughton, and Providence/Wickford Junction line trains as well.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t because I was using the Commuter Rail to travel. Trains on the Providence line don’t stop at Readville.

@richmartin1427

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprr that’s fair….I was saying for a future visit.

Really hope they get to electrification on this line soon! The north shore really needs some more high frequency rail

@robertroman-wi7gv

Жыл бұрын

You know what I need to agree with you on that because I see the Boston south station has electric on their side of station then why can't the samething can be done for the Northside of the station I like the comment joey. Robert.

@mbrproductions160

11 ай бұрын

Never gonna happen, it costs way too much to ever make sense anytime soon

@davidfuller581

8 ай бұрын

@@mbrproductions160 It's in the cards for the next 5 years or so. Long-term the plan is for the T to move I believe to EMUs but I'd much prefer to see ACS64s in MBTA colors.

Hey there Tim it's me Robert and I hope that you had a great 4th of July so far and I saw your video on tracking MBTA commuter rail horns and I was impressed about your video and for one of your viewers @joeylovestrains about Really hope they mean the northside should be electric meaning catenary poles with poles like southside of Boston south station I agree and they should have it period that's my opinion. God bless Robert Roman

Thank you for this great video ! I am amused you dislike the MPI (Garfield !) locos, but the MBTA could have specified EMD prime movers for them, just like Metra in Chicago, and even SunRail in Orlando. It is said they chose the GE FLD motor as it is very fuel efficient, and has low emissions. You will have to revisit Chicago soon , as Metra are now receiving their rebuilt SD70MACs, which of course retain their EMD prime movers !

I've read about Amtrak's converted Baggage Car/Engine. Now that I've seen it, it's not bad. I guess cost efficiency works this time. And a friendly wave from the engineer to boot.

38:15 you can see the old foundation where the other 2 draw bridges used to be to the right

Tim, that was way cool. need another ride out to Rockport.

Pretty rare to see the bilevel cab cars on the north side. I saw one the other week also at Chelsea.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

They are becoming more common now.

@MbtaVideoClips

10 ай бұрын

yeah we just need the rotems back now. Only the kawasaki bilevels are north-side

Wicked good! And thanks for the safety PSA. And thanks for the F-40s and GP-40s. That’s railroading.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

Wicked indeed

Im pretty sure the GE parts and Motive Power production was probably to fulfill some "made in the USA" thing. I dont see whats wrong with that though, sure they had problems initially as do most new locos.

Another great video, Tim!!!! And how long were you up there in Boston?? Hope you enjoyed it. I haven’t been to Boston in 11 years so I haven’t been on MBCR since then….. I’ll definitely check out the MBCR next time I go there.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

3 days

Great video! I heard you mention what chaos a bridge malfunction would cause, the original bridge actually burned down in the past and they had to setup for another north station as the one you saw today was literally cut off from the rest of the North Side.

@richmartin1427

Жыл бұрын

That happened in 1984 I believe. They had to setup a temporary station near Sullivan square for two years for the North Shore trains and Lowell trains. I believe that the haverhill trains terminated at Oak Grove and Fitchburg line at Porter during this outage.

Beautiful! As I stated before if you’re still around I can be at south station tomorrow. I was planning to head to up for some trains regardless.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

I got home last night. I would have liked to have seen you but I’m always jumping around.

@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan

Жыл бұрын

@@3985uprrah, there’s always another time. I had work this past week.

@3985uprr

Жыл бұрын

I was actually in Middleboro briefly. The parking app process was driving me crazy there. I saw the new station ready to go almost. Are they going to close the other station. It’s in Caoe Cod Line

Are these cab cars metro north shoreliners?

I feel bad for those 2 kids. What a senseless waste. Trespassing is dangerous.

@paulviera8971

Жыл бұрын

Why feel sorry for them, They know that was wrong how stupid can you be to get on top of a Subway train and go Subway surfing you gotta be a complete moron you know what's going to happen that's the problem with today's youth they do the most stupidest things

@paulviera8971

Жыл бұрын

And most likely if you were to tell those two kids not to do that they would probably pull out a knife and stab you

I hate how MBTA puts Bi-levels and single levels in the same consist. And even mixed into each other 🤢.