Rare MBTA and Amtrak trains on the Grand Junction branch in Cambridge, Ma 

Thanks! Seeing trains there is purely based on luck.

@@BostonByRails Im gonna go on Saturday to try to catch something on it, any tips?

@@BostonByRails Im going at MIT

@@BostonByRails would you suggest I go sunday?

Cambridge Regional Railway Production dont mind

Yes! All of these trains are equitment moves but it does create for some cool foreshadowing (finggners crossed)

They had such a perfect opportunity to build a surface level connection when they buried 93 in the big dig. But now that specific opportunity is gone forever.

WHALE the railfan - munipals subways and more nice

Nope i havent been to wellesley since 2018 lol

@@BostonByRails oh wow lol

I agree! Super nice guy, he always waves super enthusiastically!

A commen occurence on the worcester line in brookline, thanks

Thanks! None of the trains that cross it are in service so their schedules are wonky

Thank you! Where about on the worcester line? Like in boston or out of boston in CSX territory?

@@BostonByRails in boston! dont want to give away too much more in a youtube comment section though lmao.

@@gNatflaps i totally understand lol. Thats cool tho, u must see the equitment moves then

@@BostonByRails i keep on the look for them but ive only ever seen the one. I have more luck with the daily Amtrak which ive caught like 3 times. Usually I hear something passing and rush to the window lmao

@@gNatflaps cool! The Amtrak passes Lansdowne station at 1pm every sunday, wed, and fri. The Readville switcher (equipment move) passes daylight on sundays anywhere from 1-6ish typically, then it returns. If u every see a strange looking train feel free to lmk or ask me what it is!

I think you mean a different CTC-_, not CTC-$ lmaao

@@BostonByRails lol it's because you must have accidentally had shift clicked when you put the number 4 lmao

me think CTC-3 more good looking lmho

Nick Jones Railfanner thanks nick

WHALE the railfan - munipals subways and more unfortunatly due to COVID-19 i am currently unable to take the train into the city, so this is all i got

Bradford Townley amtrak equitment move for the downeaster from south hampton yard to portland maine

@@BostonByRails all that to move one coach. Cool.

Why two locomotives? Minimum axle count?

Bob Bob *was

Ballasts were on the runaround, right where the ones we saw recently are, so they didnt go past there

Also, ballast extras rarely pick up directly from everett, thats just where they get the ballast

@@BostonByRails Gotcha, so what goes and picks up the ballast in Everett?

@@trainsofboston3492 whenever they need to they probs just send a loco there. They send whenever yhey want so its based on luck if u catch em

Ah. If your ever there, let me know! Cus i could infrom you if a train is coming, your best chance at trains there is sunday.(on the grand junction, worcester line has trains 24/7)

Sounds good! It’ll be a few months before I go back to Boston, but I’ll let you know when I return!

@@BostonByRails Hi there, it’s me again. I’m back to tell you that I’m heading back to Boston this Saturday! I hope to be there by the early afternoon at around maybe 1:00. Are there any trains I can catch that day?

Hmmmm, saturday is usually a dead day on the grand junction (the line with the bridge). I wouldnt have much knowladge for if a train runs Saturday. However, one of the trains that usually runs every sunday ran last saturday because so many engineers are out with covid. The schedule seems randomized at the moment, but i reccomend you see some trains on the nearby worcester line at Lansdowne if you want guaranteed train action. I will try my best to let you know if something runs saturday!

@@BostonByRails Ok!

Extra means an out of service train, typically equitment moves. The portland extra is an equitment move from portland to boston which is what provides the downeaster with its cars and locomotives

@@BostonByRails thank you

Np!

Thank you!

Thanks hambone