The MBTA’s Newest Drawbridge in America’s Oldest Fishing Port | Infrastructure on the MBTA Ep 2 

I went to Rockport Station last year on MBTA F40PH

Wow. Some great vantage points there. Nice video!

Awesome video. Never thought of the T having Drawbridges. One: check your timestamps. Most say “AM”. Clearly it was afternoon. Thanks again

socks and shoes in water is crazy

First comment! Awesome Vid! I needed this video so bad! Thanks Nate! By the way ‘Maybe I’ll make another video when I’ll cover that.” Video releases in 6 or 8 months. 😅

My only issue with the new bridge is that I think there was a major missed opportunity to widen the navigable channel at that location and build a longer draw/lift span to increase the ability for watercraft shorter in height to pass underneath in both directions. But the separate single track spans and increased track speeds are more than enough of an improvement. 💯

Man, now I miss living in Beverly! We were lucky enough to have some of the best train frequency in the system

I had no idea MBTA had a drawbridge. Great video btw!

I gotta railfan at a drawbridge someday. Seems like quite the experience!

Nice video! I enjoyed it !

Thanks!

Give us more videos 😉 please 🙏

I thought that north side mostly used GP40-MCs for power?

So I live along the Boston/newburyport rail line. The same line also splits in Beverly whwre one goes to Newburyport and the other towards rockport. My question is are all trains on radio? And what would the 160.??? Frequency be so I’m able to listen to that particular rail line? Any reply would be greatly appropriated

Very enjoyable video. Pay no attention to the trolls/naysayers. One unfortunate consequence of that unfunded "maintenance burden" is audible in pretty much every train in this video -- flat wheels. That "clickety-clack" is happening with the wheel rotation -- there aren't that many joints there (I think most of the rail is welded anyway). Each turn of a flat wheel is a hammer blow to the rail underneath it. In a more perfect world, the MBTA equipment will be maintained well enough to avoid all those flat wheels. Those flat spots cause much more wear and tear on the new bridge than is desirable (as well as the rest of the already suffering public rail infrastructure). Count me as one of those "massholes" who would like to see a significant shift of state transportation funding away from roads and highways and into public rail transporation.

lmao. infrastructure and MBTA can't be used in the same sentence