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12th September 10, 12:05 AM
#1
Transit in Boston
Cessna152towser arrived in Boston, was presented with a CharlieCard and....
Took a ride on the MBTA. Heath Street Green line trolley to Park Street, the First Subway station in the United States, 1898. Then on to the second station, Boylston Street and the exhibit there.
A restored car from the Boston Elevated Railway Company, that operated above Washington Street.
A retired PCC trolley car from the "B" line of the Massachusetts Transit Authority.
Trains definitely have to be visited.
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12th September 10, 05:37 AM
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Having been raise by parents from that neck of the woods, I grew up knowing the difference between Park Street and Park Street Under. Just a nice reminder that trains are fun, and get more fun with age (mine and theirs).
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12th September 10, 07:23 AM
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Very nice. I'm sure Alex appreciated the train welcome!
Welcome back to the US Alex. 
Dee
Ferret ad astra virtus
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12th September 10, 05:37 PM
#4
 Originally Posted by SteveB
Cessna152towser arrived in Boston, was presented with a CharlieCard and....
Took a ride on the MBTA. Heath Street Green line trolley to Park Street, the First Subway station in the United States, 1898. Then on to the second station, Boylston Street and the exhibit there.
A restored car from the Boston Elevated Railway Company, that operated above Washington Street.
A retired PCC trolley car from the "B" line of the Massachusetts Transit Authority.
Trains definitely have to be visited.
It's too bad that the "E" Line has been indefinitely suspended and he would have to ride the #39 bus beyond Heath Street. I used to love those rides on the trolley. Nothing like right after Christmas making that pilgrimage from Centre Street to Downtown Crossing and Filene's Basement.
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12th September 10, 06:14 PM
#5
"And through the open window she handed Charlie a sandwich as the train came rumbling through!"
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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12th September 10, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Riverkilt
"And through the open window she handed Charlie a sandwich as the train came rumbling through!"
Did he ever come back, that is the real question 
Good to see he is "train spotting" / railfanning.
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12th September 10, 07:20 PM
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Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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12th September 10, 07:47 PM
#8
Originally Posted by Riverkilt
"And through the open window she handed Charlie a sandwich as the train came rumbling through!"
Poor Charlie on the MTA. You beat me to it. First thing I thought of when I opened the thread. Memories of listening to records by the Kingston Trio with my Mom and Dad a long time ago...Ron, I think knowing that song dates us pretty terribly...
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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12th September 10, 08:29 PM
#9
Originally Posted by BLHS209
Did he ever come back, that is the real question
Good to see he is "train spotting" / railfanning.
According to these guys he most certainly did.
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