Tracking MBTA Commuter Rail horns and their rolling museum of GM power.

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Жыл бұрын

We start with an important public service message. We have a thrilling day on the “North Side” of the T Commuter Rail where many of their 2nd generation rebuilt EMD’s roam. If you see an old guy around Boston with foam up to his neck, it’s probably me after a visit to the “North Side”. We see many F40PH-3C’s and GP40MC’s including the Massdot painted #1125. We fortunately see only a few of those mechanically challenged Garfield engines. They do have great unrestricted K5LA horns though and we hear much pleasant music from the locos and cab cars alike. We start out visiting Chelsea station with its many railroad crossings where horns are sounded. We later head to the north end outside North Station where we see a heavy duty fashion show of classic EMD’s. Enjoy!!!

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@USArailfan2000 10 ай бұрын

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

@CTrail1711 Жыл бұрын

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

@Westlander857 Жыл бұрын

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

@tonymento7460 Жыл бұрын

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

@javierreyes4803 Жыл бұрын

That last clip was very interesting

@jeffreyandrews6700 11 ай бұрын

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

@robertroman-wi7gv Жыл бұрын

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

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

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

@anthonywarrener1881 Жыл бұрын

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 !

@richmartin1427 Жыл бұрын

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.

@jimwilliams6747 Жыл бұрын

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.

@m.l.northern2982 Жыл бұрын

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

@mason9483 11 ай бұрын

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

@bstafford112 Жыл бұрын

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

@tokugawa12able Жыл бұрын

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

@JoeyLovesTrains Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл 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.

@massbytrainmpw Жыл бұрын

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

@MattyAviation Жыл бұрын

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.

@c.j.w.0863 Жыл бұрын

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

@OceanStateRail Жыл бұрын

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.

@MiddleboroLakevilleRailfan Жыл бұрын

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

@Transportationviews Жыл бұрын

Are these cab cars metro north shoreliners?

@JimAllen-Persona Жыл бұрын

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