The MBTA, as a crazy entity of state bureaucracy, has a necessary tendency to announce all of what is scheduled to be discussed at their board meetings, to keep people from being able to say that the MBTA did stuff behind people's backs. That's ok, but sorta irrelevant, as a side effect is that I found what they'll be discussing verrry soon. Engines. New engines. It seems the board will be voting on a rather expensive contract with Motive Power Industries to purchase 20 NEW diesels. Unfortunately the MBTA site doesn't bother to say what kind of engines they will be. Could be MP36s, or maybe some extra-powered MP40PH locomotives. Regardless, it's good that this time the generally logicless (T) goes with the established manufacturer, and doesn't go about things in a way that will cause even more lawsuits. More info will be posted as I get it, so it may take some time. In other news, it seems some flash flooding may have redirected the Downeasters to the Western Route, so that's different. Well, that's it for now.
And so it goes, another twenty locomotives riding forever 'neath the streets of boston.
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Given that my riding of the MBTA is to take a really steep nosedive, I'll be changing the subject to more generally about trains, many in the Boston area, but Amtrak and others too. Keeping the same name and stuff, too lazy to change that all.
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