MBTA AYER, MA
Robert Coe
wrote:
: What is going on with the MBTA trains, Fitchburg line? For the
: last week or so I have seen the "T" come out of Ayer heading East
: then stopping about a half a mile from the station and then head
: back west. Also did they change the schedule. Use to see the "T"
: heading west at 2:30Pm (when I take my walk to get out of the
: office for a while) but since the beginning of September I haven't
: seen it.
They're rebuilding the track between Ayer and South Acton. So
Boston-South Acton and Ayer-Fitchburg are run as isolated segments with
a bus in between. I think this started in mid-September and will last
several more weeks. I guess the track is still passable at times,
because I saw what was apparently one of the Ayer-Fitchburg shuttles go
through Lincoln the other day. It was two MBTA coaches pulled (or
pushed) by a road switcher in Amtrak (not MBTA) colors.
I wish the work would include re-installing the second track west of
South Acton, but AFAIK it doesn't.
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PAUL CONANT
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ł>One interesting thing. Just before the appointed time the train ł
ł>in Ayer will head east far enough to be out of site. Then it comes ł
ł>roaring back into the platform to make its grand entrance to ł
ł>pickup passengers ł
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łThe train goes east of the passenger station around the corner into the nexł
łblock in order to get the signals set correctly for the trip west. ł
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I just thought it was some railroad ritual. You had to make a
grand entrance.
paul....@swcbbs.com or paul....@mailtrain.com
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