WOW that's a very interesting shot of the connection to the Grand Junction I've never seen before! I had no idea it crossed the first track and connected with the second.
No more CTC-1Bs, they’ve all been retired now. R.I.P 1989-2024, thanks for 35 years of service. Lucky you got to ride 1636 last year because who knew how much more time in service it had and MBTA was in the midst of phasing out all of their single-level coach leaders because of service reductions during the early days and years of the pandemic as well as them buying close to 100 more double-decker cabs and coaches from Hyundai-Rotem in December 2019, the majority of which are now in service. Most single-level coaches were stored at BET out-of-service because MBTA ridership on all modes of transportation even commuter rail was way down from COVID-19 and they didn’t have to be used.
This is so cool, I would love to make some train ride videos and some pseudo-cab-ride videos like this. Did the engineer know you were there filming? Did you have to ask first?
I did not take explicit permission from the engineer. However, I believe he is aware of it. I did not get a chance to thank since he got off before reaching the last stop.
I think I recognize that engineer. Asian guy. If he’s the one I’m thinking of, seems like a good guy. He got off since it looks like his shift was done, and a relief crew took the train the rest of the way into the station.
Can you please tell me the time in the video that shows alewife station. I heard that it was closed for a while. I took this video while I was visiting Boston in April 2023.🙏
