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Weekend excursion: Stations of the B&M New Hampshire Main Line/MBTA Lowell Line
As I’ve neared the end of this series of posts, I’ve gotten a bit better at procrastinating, so most of the photos this post is based on (see the associated photo gallery) were taken a month ago now, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Tagged commuter rail, Lowell Line, MBTA, New Hampshire Main Line, train stations
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Automatic generation and validation of train schedules
Passenger railroads throughout the world have mechanisms to generate timetables for both service and capital planning purposes. The way I’ve done this in the past is with the Mk. 1 eyeball: you come up with a schedule, maybe draw some stringline … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Transportation
Tagged commuter rail, Fitchburg Line, Greenbush Line, MBTA
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the Old Colony Railroad (MBTA Kingston and Middleboro Lines)
Of all the passenger routes bringing commuters from Boston’s suburbs into the city, none were hit quite so hard by the automobile age as those of the former Old Colony Railroad. The construction of the Route 3 and Route 24 … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, Kingston Line, MBTA, Middleboro Line, Plymouth, train stations
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the B&M Western Route/MBTA Haverhill Line
It’s been nearly two weeks since I took this trip on a windy Saturday in March, and since that time I’ve seen nearly all of the remaining stations in the MBTA system, so if I’m a little hazy on the … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, Haverhill Line, MBTA, Western Route
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the Eastern Route/MBTA Newburyport Line
Attention conservation notice: another 3,000 words about an MBTA commuter rail line and its stations, which could easily have been 5,000 words if I hadn’t gotten tired of writing and skimped on the exposition towards the end. Already more photos … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, Eastern Route, MBTA, Newburyport/Rockport Line
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the Franklin Line
It’s getting on nine days since I actually did most of this travel, and in the mean time I’ve also seen stations on three other lines (although one of them has historic connections to this one), so I’ll at least … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, Franklin Line, MBTA
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Weekend mini-excursion: Stations of various south-side lines
I had hoped to publish my thoughts about the Franklin Line by now, but photo editing took a bit longer than usual, and I wanted to wait anyway for a sunny day when I could go out and get pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, MBTA
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the Greenbush line
Well, after two very opinionated posts about the two next-nearest MBTA rail lines to me, what could I say about the Greenbush Line? Turns out, there isn’t very much to say. The Greenbush Line is, strictly speaking, the newest MBTA … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, Greenbush Line, MBTA
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Weekend excursion: Stations of the Needham Line
This is the first of three posts about MBTA commuter-rail stations I went to see on the weekend of March 13–14: on Saturday I saw all of the Needham and Greenbush lines, and then on Sunday I saw nearly all … Continue reading
Weekend excursion: Stations of the Fitchburg Line
Attention conservation notice: 3,900 words about passenger stations on a railroad you probably don’t ride in a city where you don’t live, with embedded rants about the conservatism of railroaders and the necessity of integrating service planning with capital construction … Continue reading
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Tagged commuter rail, MBTA
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