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| In lugnet.trains, Frank Filz writes: <Extolls the virtues of Boston as a source of proto inspiration> (...) Well Boston DOES have Acela, it leaves from South Station. But it's not all that high speed till it clears the in town trackage... Of all the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There's even just a bit of El. on the Green Line (though I think it's dramatically reduced from what it once was). I think they're running a restored PCC on the Green Line now for special occaisions. At least one of those stations has a couple (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| Thanks for describing Park St. Station, that was exactly what I was thinking of when I said "complex underground trackage" but I couldn't remember the name. I forgot that I have a T map in my computer bag, as well as a T token, a BART card with some (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) It took me a minute to realise you meant Charles/MGH. :D That intersection isn't *that* bad. You just have to learn how to drive in Boston, that's all. We're all really good drivers here- perhaps you're just not up to scratch. eric (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) So's Rainman... what's your point? :-) I dunno if it's actually true though. I haven't met a Boston driver I couldn't beat through a squeezedown (think the merges on old I 93 coming into downtown, or the merge shuffle to get to the callahan (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) THAT'S what that noise is?! WOW, that makes sense! And MAN, it's a SCREEE...EEECH. You'd think they were dragging a 4'x8' slab of sheet metal across the tracks. --Todd (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3aa03359.351644...net.com... (...) Are there any diagrams online of the track layout at Park Street? That would be very interesting, IMO. After visiting New York, however, the T is a tinker (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| (...) I would reserve the term "tinker toy" for the San Francisco cable car, which is actually made of wood. (23 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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