People with their kind of money will probably demand a wall be built for noise abatement and so that their tender eyes will not have to see the trains, and maybe those trains can be slowed down to 10 mph too. God forbid that the engineer ever blow the horn.
By railroad terms, the train is traveling east. Trains only go east/west, not north/south. Another great video of my line thought. Let's see, that train had 7 cars, the only time I see a 7 car train is the train that arrives at North Billerica at 5:52PM from Boston and returns as the 6:21PM inbound.
I don't know about Amtrak, but I know some retired railroad workers who watch these videos and they say in offical RR terms, all trains are traveling either westbound or eastbound. If they are going north, by RR terms, they are going east. Of course, if they are going south, offically they are westbound. With the commuter rail, they are going either inbound (to Boston) or outbound (away from Boston).
I wonder where the east-west thing got started. It doesn't seem to make much sense. There has to be a story behind the tradition. For the actual commuters on this train I think that they would feel that they were either going outbound or north. The engineer and conductors may have been going east.
I have no answer as to the start of the tradition, all train books I have just say that officially, trains go east/west. I think it's to make things simpler. When I'm on the commuter rail, I always consider myself going in(bound) to Boston or out(bound) of Boston.
Wikipedia says: Typically an entire railroad system (the lines of a railroad or a related group of railroads) will describe all of its lines by only two directions, either west and east or north and south. This greatly reduces the possibility of misunderstanding the direction in which a train is travelling as it traverses lines they may twist and turn or even reverse direction for a distance. These directions also have meaning in conflicts between trains running in opposite directions.
For example, many railroads specify that trains of equal class running east are superior to those running west. This means that, if two trains are approaching a passing siding on a single-track line, the inferior westbound train must "take the siding" and wait there for the superior eastbound train to pass.
These directions are often referred to as "railroad" north, south, east or west to remove ambiguity with the same compass directions.
Thanks. I'm experimenting with trying to get better video resolution by skipping the fancy editng and embellishments. Raw avi files can be good. Not always. YouTube is now getting higher definition video up and viewable. I have seen some little high def mpeg4 mini camcorders becoming available for about $150. That might be fun for railroad and transit videos.
Thoroughly enjoyed that one Peter!
COSMOTOPPER777 3 years ago
What's being built right next to the station? It looks like a hotel, or an apartment building.
aboldys 3 years ago
It's somekind of residential complex. Not sure if it will be condos, apartments, or a mix. Great views for railfans.
PKingman 3 years ago
and you know people will move into those apartments or condos and then complain about the train noise etc.
lexmarks567 2 years ago
People with their kind of money will probably demand a wall be built for noise abatement and so that their tender eyes will not have to see the trains, and maybe those trains can be slowed down to 10 mph too. God forbid that the engineer ever blow the horn.
PKingman 2 years ago
By railroad terms, the train is traveling east. Trains only go east/west, not north/south. Another great video of my line thought. Let's see, that train had 7 cars, the only time I see a 7 car train is the train that arrives at North Billerica at 5:52PM from Boston and returns as the 6:21PM inbound.
jph0917 3 years ago
What about Amtrak's "City of New Orleans"? No way that train can be said to going any other than North or South, correct?
PKingman 3 years ago
I don't know about Amtrak, but I know some retired railroad workers who watch these videos and they say in offical RR terms, all trains are traveling either westbound or eastbound. If they are going north, by RR terms, they are going east. Of course, if they are going south, offically they are westbound. With the commuter rail, they are going either inbound (to Boston) or outbound (away from Boston).
jph0917 3 years ago
I wonder where the east-west thing got started. It doesn't seem to make much sense. There has to be a story behind the tradition. For the actual commuters on this train I think that they would feel that they were either going outbound or north. The engineer and conductors may have been going east.
PKingman 3 years ago
I have no answer as to the start of the tradition, all train books I have just say that officially, trains go east/west. I think it's to make things simpler. When I'm on the commuter rail, I always consider myself going in(bound) to Boston or out(bound) of Boston.
jph0917 3 years ago
Wikipedia says: Typically an entire railroad system (the lines of a railroad or a related group of railroads) will describe all of its lines by only two directions, either west and east or north and south. This greatly reduces the possibility of misunderstanding the direction in which a train is travelling as it traverses lines they may twist and turn or even reverse direction for a distance. These directions also have meaning in conflicts between trains running in opposite directions.
PKingman 3 years ago
For example, many railroads specify that trains of equal class running east are superior to those running west. This means that, if two trains are approaching a passing siding on a single-track line, the inferior westbound train must "take the siding" and wait there for the superior eastbound train to pass.
These directions are often referred to as "railroad" north, south, east or west to remove ambiguity with the same compass directions.
PKingman 3 years ago
Another excellent MBTA video!
cadet57 3 years ago
Thanks. I'm experimenting with trying to get better video resolution by skipping the fancy editng and embellishments. Raw avi files can be good. Not always. YouTube is now getting higher definition video up and viewable. I have seen some little high def mpeg4 mini camcorders becoming available for about $150. That might be fun for railroad and transit videos.
PKingman 3 years ago
f40ph locomotive
sieman700 3 years ago