Rail vs Lobbied Transportation - On the Monday before Thanksgiving of 2024, the midday Lakeshore Limited is seen blasting through Auburndale Station at Newton, MA, en route to Albany, NY. This str... (more)

Awoke to a bright sunny morning. Looked out my hotel window and was able to catch MBTA 505 running along the Mass Pike.

A morning commuter train for Boston passes under a hotel that is built on a deck over the erstwhile New York Central (Boston & Albany) main.

Having just checked into my hotel that sits on a deck over the old Boston & Albany and the Mass Pike, I am entertained by a Worcester to Boston commuter train about to pass underneath me on this r... (more)

Rapid Transit They call it rapid transit for a reason. Things can get pretty busy here on the Green Line, even in the middle of the day. Here at Woodland, we see brand new CAF Type 9 cars ... (more)

Riverside From 400 Feet Up A birds-eye view of Riverside Terminal, the largest subway line on the MBTA.

"Riverside Terminal" An overhead view of the MBTA's biggest Green Line yard: Riverside, where they store and service a large portion of the Green Line LRVs. Pictured is the main part of th... (more)

The MassDOT/MBTA Rail Extra is seen headed East through Auburndale skirting along the Massachusetts Turnpike on the old Boston & Albany Route. The train was headed for the Grand Junction track whe... (more)

A shortage of MBTA commuter power in early 1978 led to this combination of a Boston & Maine freight GP9 and a Canadian National steam generator car leading a train of former New Haven coaches on a... (more)

Conrail train TV-9 (Boston-Chicago) kicks up snow as it swings through the curve at the former Riverside station location in Newton, MA, on a winter morning. C30-7A 6557 leads the usual trio of bi... (more)

During its year-long lease to the MBTA, Delaware & Hudson PA 17 hustles west through Newton, MA, paralleling the Massachusetts Turnpike with a Boston-Framingham commuter train.

Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany was Boston's pre-Amtrak connection to Chicago and points in between. With its usual modest consist of an E8, a coach, and a snack bar coach, train ... (more)

In early 1979 the MBTA leased Amtrak E9 434 for Boston commuter service. On a spring morning, it swung through the superelevated curve at the former Riverside station in Newton, MA, with a Framing... (more)

Late on a summer afternoon, MBTA E8 4254 and its outbound rush hour train pause at Auburndale station in Newton, MA, on a Boston-Framingham run. The locomotive is ex-PRR, the coaches ex-NH, and th... (more)

Weekends often saw power balancing moves on Conrail's former Boston & Albany line, which is why this Sunday edition of intermodal train TV-9 had six six-axle units rather than the normal three. C3... (more)