Post-blizzard train watching in Boston

Very 'cool'..................if you get my 'drift'

Nice video, Dotty! Must not have been fun standing there and filming, though!

 

Time to come visit us in FL! (We're complaining because it is "close to freezing" in the morning! How the blood thins after so many years away from Boston!)

 

See you at York.

 

Bruce

Yesterday, TWO Acela trainsets had to be rescued in the RI / MA area. One was towed by the Providence & Worcester to Boston Switch where another Amtrak train took over and pulled it to Boston. The other had to be rescued by a Regional Train w extra engine - not sure of the exact details.

 

As Dotty stated, the amount of snow is daunting, the expectation of rain then freezing is pointing towards significant roof collapses in the area over the weekend. Not a good time right now in the RI / MA area.

 

Paul

I live in the town of winchester a little ways form boston and the snowbanks are taller than me! (and I'm pretty tall) However the business of shoveling driveways has been good to me! So the whole blizzard has been a blessing and a curse at the same time.

I used to sell the sunday newspaper at the dunkin donuts in West Medford Square.  I always remember this one day it was snowing pretty hard and watching the Commuter Rail come through and bust down the built up snow at the crossing.  The best part was when the DownEaster would come flying through, those snow banks would explode!  I was just visiting my parents last weekend.  We don't have it as bad down here in CT.  It's crazy up there!  from our kitchen window we can see across a field to the commuter rail.  at night with all the snow and seeing the lights of the train, my mother always remarks how it looks like the Polar Express

Wow, hope that was a zoom lens.  Feels like its right next to the train!

 

Not much snow here in Virginia, just bone chilling cold.  -1 tonight, before the windchill.  

 

Dotty, I never thought I'd see anything to top the winter/Blizzard of '78.  Obviously this has gone far beyond that.  There's lots I miss about living up there.  THAT however is not one of them!  

 

- Mike

Cool or should I say cold, now if Boston can get the subways running that would be nice.

Farmer Bill, that wasn't a zoom lens. I was up to mid thigh in snow, about 10 feet from the train, with my back against an 8 foot snowbank. The platforms hadn't been cleared yet.

Hopefully they'll get the Red Line running tomorrow, Amtrak is running 50%, and MBTA General Manager, Beverly Scott, has resigned.

It's amazing that anything is running up there.  Thanks for sharing the latest news and everyone in the area please take care!

-Greg

Dotty

Thanks for posting and glad your safe. One chunk of ice off the train could have been tragic.

Amazing, Dotty!

 

Peter

That was cool....thanks for posting.

I arrived at Baker Hall[Harvard]in 1978 on Sunday when it started snowing. During the week I remember looking across the river at the smoke rising from diesels left idling in the rail yard. Except for the diesels, the first vehicle I saw move after Monday was a National Guard halftrack chugging up Storrow Blvd on Thursday.

 

Fortunately we could make it from dorms to class rooms and the dining hall through the steam pipe tunnels---all the kitchen help and some professors were stranded also. This storm[s] sounds even worse than '78.

Mean while in Alaska.

No snow.  Temps in the 40s this weekend & rain.  Dog sled races canceled - no snow.  Green grass coming up in my back yard in February - Weird

Horrible winter. Going below zero again tonight. I have never been this cold in my 61 years. 

Thanks for the video.. Got this Kingston Trio song in my head.. I wonder if Charlie was on that train!

What ever it takes to get the shot…….well done Dotty.

 

Down here in Weymouth we had an 18-wheeler full of Fritos hang up attempting to cross the tracks. Crumbs everywhere as the Greenbush train came rumbling through! Wish I was there with a camera.

 

Tim

Dotty,

  Hope things are back to normal by now...we had it bad down here in New York, but nowhere near like you had it. I remember hearing about the troublesd keeping the trains running up there and saw the head of MBTA decided to resign...

http://www.bostonglobe.com/met...qkRU72ZlI/story.html

 

Just some small snow piles left down here, hope they are getting smaller there, too...pretty soon baseball will be here to distract us!

 

  Tom

The snow is melting, only about 2-3 feet left, and the trains are running at about 80% capacity. The governor is pushing for 100% by the end of the month. We were still experiencing roof collapses due to rain and melting snow until a week ago.  March 4 our street was shut down for 3 days due to this building falling into the street and also taking down the poles and lines. BUT, at least the trains are running and people can get to work and school.

This week...

Forgot to mention something else we are experiencing before we get to the baseball...massive POTHOLES! Be careful as things thaw more.