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LIGHT RAIL, TRANSIT, AND COMMUTER RAIL NEWS BY GEORGE M. SMERK The Boston Projects
BOSTON WAS THE FIRST U.S. CITY to have a subway rapid transit service and it is still developing. The Massachusetts Bay Trans- portation Authority opened a new station at Assembly Square in Somerville on September 2, 2014. The new station is just north of Sul- livan Square. It is the first new MBTA tran- sit station to enter service since May 4, 1987, when the Orange Line was moved from the elevated track over Washington Street to the Southwest Corridor. The new station is an important transit-ori-
This new book explores the diesel roster of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from the earliest boxcabs right through to the Conrail takeover in 1976. Profiled are a wide variety of EMD, Alco, Baldwin, and GE diesels, presented in full color! Includes a brief history of the LV and its Sayre Shops. This volume is a must for any vintage diesel historian or fan of Northeastern railroading.
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ented development called Assembly Row. This is a very large project with 2.8 million square feet of office space, 1813 homes, and 635,000 square feet devoted to retail, restaurants, and entertainment. There will be public benefits as well, including a waterfront park. The new Assembly Row Station contains all the ideal modern elements expected of a rapid transit station. It is projected that by 2030 Assembly Row Station will be used by between 4800 and 5400 passengers daily. In other news, the MBTA is planning to re-
place all the Type 7 and Type 8 streetcars at the same time. Currently, MBTA has two doz- en Type 9 cars on order. The MBTA attempts to keep its rail rolling stock refreshed, but the cost of new cars is very high, and the process is often slow. If you are not familiar with rail transit
in the Boston region, a visit there will be rewarding. There is an extensive commut- er rail service that is in the process of being expanded by reviving the former Old Colony lines south of Boston. The Red, Orange, and Blue Line rapid transit services have differ- ent types of trains and the equipment is not interchangeable. The Green Line is light rail transit, employing streetcar-type rolling stock. The information is from the excellent magazine Rollsign, published six times a year by the Boston Street Railway Association at P.O. Box 181037, Boston, MA 02118-1037.
Houston Rail Expansion Delayed
Houston, Texas, expected to open two light rail lines by the end of 2014, but that has been postponed to April 2015. Actuall y, the Green and Purple light rail lines were originally set to open in 2012. The two new light rail lines are to join the original very busy line in down- town Houston. The Green and Purple Lines are expected
to cost $1.3 billion. There have been many de- lays, one of the worst of which was when line construction accidentally cut the chilled- water pipe under the tracks, a critical part of the air-conditioning system for Minute Maid Park for the Houston Astros baseball team. To carry out pipe repairs, the track bed and rails had to be torn up, which meant that there has
The Southern Pacific Along the Pacific Coast
The photography of Malcolm R. “Mac” Gaddis by Rod Crossley & Joe Dale Morris
Observe the Southern Pacific Railroad along the Pacific Coast during the steam to diesel transition era.
Over 300 never before seen photographs through the extraordinary photography of Mac Gaddis as he traveled the Golden Empire performing his daily duties as a company officer.
Te book is 320 pages in landscape format, library bound, with bibliography and index on rich coated stock for excellent photo reproduction.
SP main lines, branch lines and interchange railroads are all seen in operation in beautiful black & white photography.
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