Leavin' Town. Leaving Boston in its wake on a holiday Friday, MBTA 333 accelerates through Somerville with a trainload of commuters headed toward their homes in the northern suburbs.

Right Place, Right Time. While 1060 departs for the North Shore on one of the far tracks, 1122 shoves its train from Yard 14 into North Station. While shooting trains in this interlocking... (more)

Come In From The Cold. During the winter months, MBTA moves unneeded locomotives inside the shop to avoid adding freeze damage to the backlog of work needed to keep the aging fleet running... (more)

Tower A watches another trainload of commuters from the affluent towns on the North Shore leave for home. Even moving through the interlocking limits at restricted speed, they're making better pr... (more)

Going Home. 1007 brings a trainload of homeward-bound commuters west towards Fitchburg. I too was on my way home, but I had to run my father up to Waltham to retrieve his car from my brot... (more)

Railfan home? Maybe. I'd want a place with more variety than MBTA Commuter Trains, as seen in the background.

The Waiting Game. Even though AYMO has his train together and air test completed, he still must sit and wait as MBTA 421 sneaks by on the other track. Inbound counterpart 422 will also ge... (more)

The twin bores of Somerville. In a shot you really don't want to try on a weekday, a Lowell train leaps over the only entrance to a busy industrial/commercial area, which was once part of ... (more)

A few of the many bad-ordered coaches await work inside the car shop at BET. The staging over the near car allows access to the roof-mounted air conditioning units on the bilevel cars. Hopefully... (more)

MBCR 266 makes its scheduled stop at Melrose Highlands on time, in a moderate snow storm. The storm would later change to rain, making for a soggy commute home!

From all that was once here, the two remaining drawbridges still stand, reminding all who venture here that this is the same North Station that was once the busy hub of the Boston & Maine. From o... (more)

Beginning life as a GTW GP18, MBTA 904 migrated to Detroit commuter service before winding up in Boston during the MBTA's formative years. With most of her sisters retired and sold, 904 is still ... (more)

MBTA 1009 sits out the weekend in a silent diesel house. What little work was going on this day was being focused on getting some of the many bad-ordered coaches back on the road. 1009 will have... (more)

What better way to spend the last day of 2009 than photographing trains in the snow? MBCR 215 heads outbound through the signals and the snow at Milepost 7.

The classic "STOP" tail light still burns bright on this PCC car. Since the Mattapan line runs on its own right of way, the benefits of this detail are generally lost. It's a testament to the st... (more)