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    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    Only in Massachusetts https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/28/metro/new-crrc-mbta-deal/
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    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    https://www.wcvb.com/article/commuter-rail-delays-littleton-tractor-trailer-hit/60232011 LITTLETON, Mass. —
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    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    2/15/24 was a very bad day for the MBTA
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    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    Eng is trying and honestly, I can't recall him being less than honest when asked a hard question.
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    MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) discussion

    It should not have taken THREE years https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/01/23/at-long-last-another-new-train-is-rolling-on-the-red-line
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    Acela 21 (Avelia Liberty) development, testing and deployment (2018 - 1Q 2024)

    New Haven to New Rochelle has been the black hole for decades. I am hopeful that will soon change.
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    The Chinatown bus network

    The Chinatown buses first showed up roughly 30 years ago when the casinos in Connecticut opened and the Chinese gamblers in NYC and Boston packed them. That soon evolved into $10 trips between Boston and NYC and at the same time the Chinese buses offered NYC and DC service. My first experience...
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    More Greyhound cutbacks and comparison with airlines

    This video dropped a couple of weeks ago and it is horrifying to watch I did San Francisco to Boston in 2007 which was a horror show but this is insanity.
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    More Greyhound cutbacks and comparison with airlines

    As recently as the early 2000s by 8 AM the major newsstands in Montreal had the Boston Globe and Herald and NY Times ( which the Globe printed ) which were shipped on the overnight Vermont Transit (owned by Greyhound) bus from Boston - VT would hold the bus until both Boston papers delivered...
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    More Greyhound cutbacks and comparison with airlines

    Gray Line is hanging on in some markets https://www.grayline.com/
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    Model train store in Massachusetts says it's the largest in America

    A nice feature on Charles Ro Supply Company just north of Boston.
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    HBO's John Oliver looks at freight railroads in the US and Canada ( 12/10/23 )

    I found the source of the PSA with the Mom and kids stuck on a crossing - It was shot in Orono. Maine - The actress who played the Mom is the co-host of a weekly talk show based in Bangor.
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    HBO's John Oliver looks at freight railroads in the US and Canada ( 12/10/23 )

    Oliver added nothing to issues that most railbuffs already knew but made more people aware. His researchers hit a home run with the before and after pictures of downtown Lac-Mégantic, Quebec 10 years ago. Lac-Mégantic was ignored by US media outlets overlooking that fire companies from New...
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