Front Window View. While looking at PCCs from PCCs has been possible for many decades on the MBTA Mattapan-Ashmont Line, perhaps the end is coming with the rumored future transfer of Type 9... (more)
Back in 2017 and in blue, MBTA 1062 leads the Hyannis-bound Cape Flyer at Rock Village in Middleboro, MA. 1062 has since been rebuilt into a 3C and painted into the generic MBTA paint scheme.
The Cape Flyer meets a Mass Coastal special at Sagamore in Bourne, MA. GP40MC 1138 and FL9M 2011 were both repainted that year. 2011 and 2026 are paired up to operate excursions for Railfan Day on... (more)
Two commuter rail trains with matching MPI locomotives are crossing the draw bridge at Tower A simultaneously as they depart North Station in Boston.
After a blizzard ripped through Massachusetts, MBTA continued to run commuter rail service! Here in West Concord, MA Engine 1127 pushes a train out of the station.
An early rush hour commuter rail makes its way Westbound along the Fitchburg line. With the retirement of the CTC-1 cab cars, a purely single level consist like this will never be seen again.
Railfan Day On The Cape, 2024. The 3rd Annual Mass Coastal/Cape Cod Railroad "Railfan Day" event on Saturday August 17, 2024. There were several "first time" displays in... (more)
Cranberry Heritage Debut. On the night of Friday, August 16, 2024, MBTX 1129 (GP40MC) sits at the Mass Coastal/Cape Cod Central Railroad yard in Hyannis, Massachusetts, in position for its ... (more)
Orange You Glad You Saw Them. On July 17, 2024, the MBTA announced that the last of the 120 Type #12 Hawker-Siddeley cars (01280-01281) were transported off the property for scrap. The cars... (more)
Take The Purple Line To Opening Night At Fenway. On April 4, 2010, MBTX 1074 (F40PH-2C, EMD, 3/1988) led Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - MBTA Train 563, seen approaching the Ya... (more)
Pair Of PCCs. On the night of February 25, 2021, two of MBTA's veteran Pullman-Standard 1945–1946 built PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) cars sit in Mattapan, Massachusetts awaiting the ne... (more)
This stop was also a fav of mine, here # 2 Red Line cars built by UTDC roll into the station.
This was one of my fav places on the T. Even though Boston is minutes away, here you felt like you were in some small town.
A trolley at the rural like Capen Street stop with the lovely Operator Rasberry at the controls.
A PCC trolley arrives at Cedar Grove. Going on this line was like going back in time.