Departing Boston, an MBTA commuter train led by an F40PH crosses the Fort Point Channel drawbridge just outside South Station. This classic bascule bridge has since been replaced by a fixed span a... (more)

Cab shot of MBTA EMD F40PH 1003 showing the control stand. PHOTO TAKEN WITH PERMISSION.

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)

Stripped of its semaphores, Signal Bridge Number 5 watches over the throat of South Station. These signal bridges were removed in the 1980s. They had been part of an 1899 Westinghouse electro-pne... (more)