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Re: Dr. Beverly Scott resigns The MBTA GM is also technically the head of MassDOT's Rail & Transit Division and reports to the Secretary of Transportation.

The height from the top of the rail head to the platform is indeed a few inches lower on Blue Line. When they were kicking around the idea to transfer old Blue Line cars to the Orange Line, the thought was that the suspension system could be modified to raise the floor height. The Blue Line cars...

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! Doesn't look like the jets helped that much. Braintree branch replaced by shuttle buses by 6:30 AM Monday and Quincy Fire is helping MBTA evacuate a train stuck between Quincy Adams and Quincy Center.

Re: Silver Line to Chelsea (Study Meeting) Additional route that will stop at Airport Station but not the Airport

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! It's also to groom the right-of-way with the jets in the most vulnerable locations to provide more clearance and perhaps reduce the potential for motors to take in a lot of snow. The traditional method of running trains...

Orange Line tunnels are built for cars 9 feet wide, Red Line for cars 10 feet wide. Engineering and tunnel construction decisions made between 1897 and 1912 essentially dictate that each line today have different size equipment. You could run Orange Line cars on the Red Line with some sort of...

There is a limit on how many people you can squeeze on without exceeding the weight limits of a fully loaded car. If you have more flip up seats, you have to figure how to lighten the car elsewhere to compensate for the added weight while still meeting all of the other requirements of the spec...

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! Some trains have been cancelled because of lack of crews or crews "outlawing" with too many hours because of late trains. It's not just the equipment that takes a beating in weather like this.

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! The majority of MBTA layovers already have plug-ins, including Bradford on the Haverhill line. The Lowell trains and one train set for the Haverhill line deadhead from the yard in Boston. Even with plug ins, the locomotives...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos CNR already received the notice to proceed, the losing bidders filed protests, but from what I understand, everything will continue to proceed during the review of the protests. It is only the pilot cars that will arrive in 2018 if they remain on...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos It's equal to the number of #1s and #2s that exist, but four of the #1s and six of the #2s are out of service long term, so the available active fleet will be slightly larger than what it is now. Hopefully, the new cars will also be more reliable, so...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos The 1700s are being replaced by the new order, its 152 Orange Line cars and 132 Red Line. The original bid request for the Red Line cars was 74 to replace the 1500/1600s and an option for 58 more to replace the 1700s. Because the bid price came in so...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Blown motors are the big problem. It's not just the oldest Red and Orange Line cars, 1994 Red Line cars and 2007 Blue Line cars also having problems. Snow gets blown in, melts, refreezes, causes problems. They are going to rebuild the trucks (the...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Besides the already mentioned propulsion fault greenish/blue lights, there is a red "no motion by-pass" activated light (means a train could be moved with doors open)

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos It means the snow brakes are on, a small amount of pressure is maintained on the brake shoes even while trains is moving, to keep them free of snow/ice

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! New York City Transit bus and rapid transit, Long Island Railroad, Metro-North Commuter Rail, PATH, and NJ Transit are suspending all service as of 11 PM Monday. If the shut down all service approach can make it there, it can...

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! There are third-rail heaters on the bridge. It's not really a question of can it (running tunnel only or limited service) be done, it is should it be done? (especially during an all mode travel ban at the height of the storm)

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! Very few people could work from home back in 1978. Weather forecasting was not as advanced, making it more difficult for employers to make arrangements ahead of time for critical employees to stay at work or be placed in hotels.

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! The MBTA can run tunnel only service and has (1978), the risk and cost have been determined to no longer be worth it. Might have to do an economic study to show how much is lost with not doing it a few times a decade vs. the...

Re: MBTA & Regualr Driving may be Shut Down During Coming Snowstorm! After the blizzard of 78, the MBTA did run service only in the tunnel sections for at least a few days after the storm. Although regular service is suspended for this storm, non-revenue trains will be running back and forth...