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Hey F-Line. Regarding the Yard 8 loop that came through this area, I know you said a while ago that "GLX team says there's a means of reconnecting the loop track" when we were discussing it. And I believe you commented that Pan Am kind of lost the urge to fight for the restoration but any...

Seems a bit harsh.

RE: Fare collection While the T has taken steps in recent years to crack down on fare evaders, the agency is concerned that plans to upgrade the system to allow electronic payments and all-door boarding will exacerbate the problem...

Always was of the opinion that when the NEC was being developed they should have routed it through the College Hill Tunnel east of Providence and ran it north from the draw bridge. That would have created a 25 mile long beeline from Providence to Sharon which would have been a true high-speed...

That would be Kingston, RHODE ISLAND, Sir ;)

Those great CAMS are gone. Hope it's just a temporary outage for some reason. https://share.earthcam.net/GreenLineExt/green_line_extension/glx-ballsq./view_1?fbclid=IwAR1tg-blxdg5QPOuGKB7RCcQ0kxGrPNlTkvba0XpRGbxQbtF7xL3e5z6WGU

No, nothing like that exists. Remember in the old days the D ran all the way to Lechmere and operators used to bet on who could get the last train back to Riverside the fastest. Used to be a lot more fun back then :)

I can remember as a child watching a train come through one of those archways.

Wrong on both counts. 1) I remember 1969 and the T posted signs that the A - Watertown Line was temporarily suspended. So talking about it in the past tense is incorrect since it must be coming back. 2) The LVRs did use letters for inbound trips. Note this wayward "D" train on Beacon...

Don't know who ended up with it (CSX or Mellon) but someone should sell the "Pan American Railways" name to these folks and have it actually mean something.

I would think that if that was intentional there would be some kind of trellis or other surface treatment to encourage the vines to grow up the wall. Otherwise it's certainly a brilliant solution. Too bad they can't get the vines to grow on railcars :)

Usual "Cancel Culture" reason: https://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/12/familiar_name_comes_under_question/

So they are keeping the Lechmere name I guess?

The homeless used to sleep in the subway all the time and they knew every nook and cranny where they could do it. Lots of opportunities and they weren't harassed that much. 9-11 changed all that.

Now you are really going down a very slippery slope. My personal experience was in Roxbury/Mattapan if you must know. From people sleeping to overdosing in bus shelters. I saw dead bodies in the street in Egleston Square. So should the T build really nice shelters in Brookline and Newton...

Actual waiting passengers will not even use a shelter if there is a person taking up temporary residence or laying down on the floor or bench. Just not worth the hassle. Some of these people are dangerous. Transit agencies can't change reality.

Sorry to say but different culture. I have first hand experience dealing with people who make bus shelters their temporary home. Difficult people. You don't want to make the shelters very inviting. You just can't.

A huge pet peeve of mine is seeing the T put up these spanking new stations around their system and then having them wrapped in ugly netting to keep the pigeons off. No one at the T is smart enough to design a structure without landing spots for birds? Kind of ridiculous.

Like to see that on all railcars.

Was there ever an option to lower the turnpike to ground level, build a park between the turnpike and the river and put Storrow Drive in a tunnel under the park or turnpike? Seems like a sensible option.