HD MBTA Commuter Rail Railfanning at Andover Part 1

[2001rtm]

What was that first Locomotive called? It's not an F40PH is it?

[garygee34]

I used to get off at this station from the Commuter Rail to the MVRTA 32 bus to my grandma's! I miss those days.

[zink444]

Do they get Downeasters there?

[jdgator95]

Yep, all Downeasters go through Andover

[zink444]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS YEAH WOOOOOOO wanna go there sometime? and also is it a quite zone???

[jdgator95]

Unfortunately it is a quiet zone. I don't plan on railfanning there much any time since I have a TON of shots from there and it's getting kinda repetitive, but there's a small chance I might if it snows

[zink444]

Ok!!!!!! Tell me if your going there! My mom will drive me! How old are you? Sorry my mom needs to know almost EVERY detail in the railfan and it embaresses me! LOL

[jdgator95]

I'm 14. If I do go there it would probably not be long, especially now in the winter.

[EMILCEPEDA2012]

why was the first train stopping for when it was leaving andover station?

[jdgator95]

To wait for the crossing gates to go down

[gp40mc]

Do you know where the Vale Reservation is? Its got some hiking trails along the Haverhill line between Andover station and Ballardvale and theres a cool place to film.

[jdgator95]

Thanks for the tip I'll have to look into that. Is it a safe area?

[gp40mc]

Yes. Its also AVIS reservation. I just wouldn't go down near the tracks because the engineers might get concerned if they see people along the tracks even if you aren't doing anything wrong. The only disadvantage to that spot is that you can't see the trains coming a long ways away. Tomorrow I'll try and send you google map coordinates or something because I'm bad at explaining where things are.

[jdgator95]

OK Thanks!