The way I heard it on Miles Street was that the MBTA wanted to extend the red line, the B&M wanted to abandon the freight cut-off and the only way to get the...
Alden or Anyone, Is there a timeline as to when this upgrede or doubletracking is suppose to take place? Any specific reason the T wants the second iron?...
One of the reasons for the upgrades is to be able to reduce the travel time from Fitchburg to Boston by 10 minutes. I'm sure that the elimination of Waltham...
Fly over? Didn't the B&M run first-class trains and tons of freight through Willows? I am sure the service was better then. Why not rebuild the Northern with...
Check this link out: www.montachusett-transportationplan.org/documents/future_plan_docs/Ch%207%20 DRAFT%20Transit%202%2016%2007.pdf - This discusses the...
When they did finally abandon the cut-off , the through freights were routed in and out of Mystic on the New Hampshire Route Main line though, not the ...
As a member of this list for several years now I regularly enjoyed posts and exchanges with Jim Murphy who went by the name "northwind1" on this site. He had...
Restrictions east of Porter Square certainly would have been McGarth Highway and the so-called "Red Bridge" at Tower H. The Red Bridge carried the six R Tracks...
The clearance problem east of porter was the low bridge outside BET. The bridge has since been removed. This was one of the reasons why AY-1 had to come into...
That's too bad. My condolences to his family. I too enjoyed Jim's posts. He shared many experiences and insights which provided me with a lot of information in...
I recently posted a video of B&M second class Train No. 5500 "The Milk" on YouTube. It was shot on my HO scale Cheshire Branch. The short segment shows a local...
Jim,E Excellent videos, excellent looking layout 9from what I could see). When I played the video for my wife, she said I should get some of those sound...
Jim, I agree ! Nice video and scenery. What is the manufacturer of the coach and the milk cars ? Were those FTs heading up the train ? What's the story on the...
Guess I should have read the post before I clicked on the link !!! Mike S with read face in Michigan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Received this from Dave Lamson. Really pretty. Norm Larkin ... From: David Lamson To: Bobby Caberra ; Norman+Laraine Larkin Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008...
I remember seeing a photo in the last 2-3 months of a Boston & Maine Budd RDC sitting in St Johnsbury, VT. I believe the caption stated it was on a railfan...
According to a photo site, there is a pic of 4228 wearing this paint scheme until 1963; were the other F-2's in this group still wearing this arrangement...
Group... Overland imported the classic CV SUF milk can car (which operated over the B&M of course) several years ago in HO-scale. I believe they were all done...
... At the time that the single track was put in, I believe the explanation was the need to improve vertical clearances under the Jackson and Newton Street...
At the time that the single track was put in, I believe the explanation was the need to improve vertical clearances under the Jackson and Newton Street...
John H. . please contact me off list. Roger Robar _____ From: On Behalf Of jshorvath10583 Subject: [BM_RR] CV milk-car decal search Yes, I know there are two...
... Recall that teh Stony Brook used to extend down into ayre itself. The remains of it were once used for commuter train layover tracks. The right of way is...
I read the draft from MART. They call it a "commuter rail flyover", and it is one of many suggested improvements, among them are double track from South Acton...
... I don't believe that B&M handled auto racks in the 60's. I'm certain that they didn't when I was working on the operations study there in 1968. ... What...
NERCOMM was the New England Regional Commission. There were never autoracks--at least as we define them today--brought east of Ayer on the Fitchburg Division....
I'd agree it sounds crazy in the context of today's operations and traffic volume. But I think the words to keep in mind here are "liability insurance" and...
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