Thats a BEEFY staircase
Perhaps they’re mindful of preventing more negative staircase related PR.
Thats a BEEFY staircase
Am I missing something about efficient rail maintenance practices? Would it not have made more sense for the T to replace both the track and the ties during the same shutdown (like 2 years ago). Or is there some hidden efficiency to doing them separately?B-line work again. Rails were replaced about 2 years ago? This time it's tie replacement.
Blandford Street crossing
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Lots of ties
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I don't know about rapid transit, but on RR the rail and tieplates usually get replaced first, then the ties.Am I missing something about efficient rail maintenance practices? Would it not have made more sense for the T to replace both the track and the ties during the same shutdown (like 2 years ago). Or is there some hidden efficiency to doing them separately?
Am I missing something about efficient rail maintenance practices? Would it not have made more sense for the T to replace both the track and the ties during the same shutdown (like 2 years ago). Or is there some hidden efficiency to doing them separately?
Damn, why does Winchester get near-total canopy coverage, but hardly any other stations?
167 feet of track per day for a multi day full scale closure?
There are 167,464 feet of slow zones on the entire MBTA system. It would take 1,005 days to fix all of them at that rate, but you'd need to take the whole system offline to do that. 33.02 months over 2.751 years. That's not good looking.
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Wouldn't it be better to put down concrete ties instead of wooden ones? Don't they hold up better & last longer?