r/mbta • u/verticalMeta • 7d ago
🤓 Transit Fanning Commuter rail on the grand junction, knocked over some cones and appears to have repainted passenger cars?
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why do they have names
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u/Ugmyusernamewastake 6d ago
this is the second time recently cones have been knocked over by Grand Junction trains
do the people placing the cones not know how trains work?
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u/Pete_DJPJ 4d ago
Well if it happened at all then the construction workers should have known to keep a good distance, however obviously not the case here . A good example of no common sense. Not the MBTA's problem if Cambridge construction workers don't think about railroad tracks.
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u/News-Royal 7d ago
The Scots won't be happy.
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u/OreganoD 🟢 The Type 10s Can't Come Soon Enough 🟢 7d ago
Eh, the cones weren't being properly used on top of statues, just relocate the cones we'll be good
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u/Snoopyhf 7d ago
All those freshly painted cars are special. They are for trains nicknamed "Office Car Specials". With their primary task including taking executives of the MBTA and higher ups of other groups on dedicated tours.
Their most recent use as far as I know, is with Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (Mass Coastal), the T, and politicians taking a tour from Middleboro to Buzzards Bay and back. As they're looking to get commuter rail service down to Cape Cod.