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The MBTA is the operator of one of the largest EMU fleets in North America. It's called the Red, Orange and Blue Lines.

There you go, talking sense!

It is by no means EMU ready. This is a conventional, diesel push-pull repair facility that will be obsolete within 10-12 years of being built. The T wants to spend $4B on status quo projects to continue diesel ops and nothing on EMUs. If they had started planning when the FMCB told them to...

I don't think that there will be any additional trains, it's just that that some Middleborough trains will travel through.

Or we can spend $3.5B instead, between SSX, Readville diesel maintenance facility, and Widett. Nearly enough for Regional Rail

Organization before electronics before concrete.

Probably the same run;)

So now we take it seriously?

And they only cost 3x as much as EMUs!

And has anyone spoken to Canton about building a modern viaduct right next to the nearly 200 yr old historic structure?

Assumedly, the Viaduct would be the pinch point

I believe that only Canton Jct inwards would have 8 tph and Readville inwards is triple tracked. Amtrak very rarely has more than one train on that section at a time. If Needham is converted to OL, then 8 or even 12tph should be well within the capacity of the NEC

I can understand the frustration of politicians at the fact that nearly 4 years have passed without any significant action by the T.

Isn't most of the cargo FROM China?

Do you have access to those engineering drawings?

I would set Holyoke as the goal. About $5M in today's dollars

That's true enough. If Nashua is the terminal, you're looking at 30M for ASCES

I thought I recalled discussion during the SL phase 3 process

They would be large enough for guided buses

Or put I-ETMS into 6-7 locos