MBTA Commuter Rail Switching at Boston Engine Terminal

MBTA Commuter rail trains switching and coupling at BET, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I had permission to be where I was and to be filming

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[EMILCEPEDA2012]

why dont they use the double decker cars on the north side???

[jdgator95]

@EMILCEPEDA2012 they do now

[ipwnu981]

@jdgator95 how did you get that close

[jdgator95]

@datkidceddy Thats ok

[datkidceddy]

@jdgator95 ok i get it now. sorry if i misunderstood

[jdgator95]

I said the double decker cars are returning South, which they are, not the locomotive. The locomotive is doing switching work and the double decker cars will be uncoupled and will return South after they've been paired up with the engine that is to run with them in service on the South side.

[datkidceddy]

@jdgator95 i never accused you of saying its the south side u said it was at BET returning south with all other double decker cars. I know it isnt going south just for the simple fact of the paint on the engine car

[jdgator95]

@datkidceddy First of all I never said this was the South Side at all, I said it was BET, the maintenance facility for both "sides". If you read the title the engine is doing switching work, this train is not going into service, hence the fact that it's three cars long and there is no control car. They "ship" trains back and forth via a network of freight lines known as the Grand Junction.

[datkidceddy]

@jdgator95 i can tell by the solid purple line on the engine car it wasnt on the south side at all. they only use those cars on the north side. plus how do they ship the trains back and forth if the north station side doesnt connect to the south staation side?

[jdgator95]

@datkidceddy No it did not run up north...but BET is the maintenance facility for both the north and south side, so double decker cars end up there before returning south.