Today's Report

Sooooooo, I decided to go into Boston this morning to do a few things, and of course, the (T) is the way to go. To start, the train at Oak Grove in the morning decided to go out of service there, and as such I was forced to wait for a train. Note to the MBTA, just take the dang things out of service at Wellington, and don't torture the people at the end of the line, especially when doing so would affect more inbound passengers than outbound. After leaving the OL at State, I did what I had gone to the city to do, and then went to Government Center at about 11:30. And promptly missed a Green Line train to Lechmere. Lovely. Annoyingly, there was a long stretch of time with NO TRAINS, thou the first one to come was another Lechmere, so that was OK. Furthermore, the Brattle Loop was parked full of trains, yet more WASTED CAPACITY. And it seems that the BC line was looping at Park Street, as the stupid-voiced automatic announcement said to go there for B-Line service. On a better note, despite their issues with derailments, the Breda's do have one thing going for them, the handicap accessibility is much better than the Type 7s, something which I witnessed today. After arriving at NoSta, I missed an Orange Line train, and had another long wait. Fun. Eventually, one arrived, though not before two Forest Hills trains, one in service and one not, had passed by on the other track. Some oddities could be observed at the Boston Engine Terminal, as it seems that screamer 1009 was being used as a switcher, despite visibility issues, as it was coupled to a set of three cars at the front. One of the borrowed P&W engines was out front, smoking up a storm, probably the one that set of the fire alarm over the weekend with the same issue. At least this time they decided to start it up OUTSIDE. Sheesh. Anyway, that about wrapped up today's trip, and the next update will probably be out on Friday, as a report of the MBTA activities on FirstNight.

And so it goes, another day riding forever 'neath the streets of boston.