MBTA Orange Line Elevated 2/2

This is part 2 from the famous Dudley Square Station curve to Essex

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[62volvo1800]

If you are taking an outbound train from New England Medical Center, sit on the left side of the car--or better yet, sit up at near the front. The train will bear to the right as it heads towards Back Bay. If you look to your left, you will see the closed portal that used to head south towards Washington Street and the old El.

[GoofyNewf]

The old washington st el ramp is about 50 yards from chinatown(essex) station. If you are on the outbound platform, go to the end and look down the tunnel. You will see the old tunnel that used to take you up to the el. The new section now curves off to the right to New England Medical Center.

[B0sToN24]

are there any traces of this at all anymore? .. what happend to the portal?

[GoofyNewf]

The only remaining intact station, Northamton Station is up at the Seashore Trolly Museum in Kennybunkport, Maine.

[MrDomebaby]

I was an orange line motorman during this time period. Still with the T. Thanks for the memories.

[ramtough07]

MBTA got rid of the line and moved one end to Malden and the other to the Amtrak lines that ran from Forest Hills to Ruggles and into Back Bay. They then removed the Arborway green line under "temporary" shut down and paved over the lines.

Boston born-and-raised here, the MBTA planning and policy is probably the worst among major cities. They gave these people a silver bus that runs to dudley 10 years later... racial tinge maybe? Imagine if this was left up!!!!

[TheMBTADog]

@ScottWantsSome The Silver Line is EVIL!

[nicademastribe]

most of my friends were not even born yet i was 6 when the over-pass was up takes me back to the 80s *****

[wntoply6]

i remember my last ride on the orange line el. one could feel how rickety it was...like the train was gonna drop down onto washington st, at any moment.

it was fun seeing doyle's from above...just after the forest hills station.

i also remember driving under the el daily on my way to work from the s.e. to hyde park. washington st. was so dark and dingy.

thank god it's gone now. it ruined so any communities.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@captsub Many who use the replacement 3rd Ave bus do not know of the old train and they have to suffer from one of the most overcrowded routes in the city. That 3rd Ave shuttle train would be a godsend today.

[RobertPaniagua]

@MrDomebaby Oh good, I'm sure you had fun driving the Orange Line when it was on EL track, that was fun for me to check out, things have now changed, I also miss the EL ROW

[amandasdesigns]

@GoofyNewf Hi I was born and raised in JP (not a yuppie), from personal experience, the trolly's WERE to large for Centre/South Street and when the train would brake down it would cause grid lock. I do have a piece of a trolly door salvaged in my basement.

[Madness832]

@GoofyNewf I believe I remember reading that there were plans to reopen the line using rehabbed PCC cars, but that there'd be a problem meeting the ADA. Then a study from the T stating that they'd only be able to meet 82% headway on the line (which was nearly double that of the #39 bus @ the time!), instead of their target of 94% (?). Finally, the complaints about the rails being a (possible) hazard to cyclists (especially along Centre St.).

[jeffdarga100]

I loved riding in the front of the first car as we went around the curves. I always thought the trains would derail !

[PARRAVISION]

Can I borrow a clean copy of this clip for a documentry? please email me back. Thanks!

[ramtough07]

@captsub i'd love people to see % of pop off mass and nys that lives in cities, and then how much cities are allocated for transportation funds as % of whole...gotta keep those anti-urban people with a bump-free ride, can't spill juice all over the crossover's backseat