Boston and Beyond |
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Amtrak Acela Express arrives Boston South
Station from New York and Washington DC - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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End of the Line where multiple streetcar units operate on
elevated track - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Green Line twin unit operating underground in the city centre
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Red Line underground tracks (left); streetcar
operating at street level (right) - VIDEO
CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Street level station - VIDEO
CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Streetcar multiple unit at a Green Line underground station
(left); the Blue Line is a proper metro system (right)
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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A Blue Line train will take you across the Charles River to Cambridge.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (left); John Hancock
Building viewed from Cambridge (right) - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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The newest line in the Silver Line which is operated by
dual-powered trolleys which operate underground from the overhead, but use
diesel engines when operating through the streets to Boston Airport.
Trolleys entering and leaving the underground section
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Flat fronted yellow school bus at Boston Aquarium
- PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Single and double deck commuter trains arriving Boston South
Station (left); F40 push-pull unit propels its train into the
platform at Boston South Station on a Saturday afternoon
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Outside Boston North Station (left); The
Downeaster Boston to Portland at Boston North Station (right).
A converted F40PH is used as a baggage car and as a driving unit when the
train is propelled back from Portland - PHOTOs
Malcolm McCrow |
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Amtrak P42 heading the Downeaster and an MBTA F40PH (left);
GP40M paralleling the Downeaster on departure from Boston (right)
- PHOTO and VIDEO CAPTURE Malcolm McCrow |
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Arriving across the Merrimack River at Haverhill on a very
wet Sunday run up to Portland, Maine - VIDEO
CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Departing Haverhill. There is not much to see between
Boston and Portland as the train progresses through heavily wooded
countryside. It was tempting to leave the train at Haverhill which
looked interesting - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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Nearing Portland the train calls at Old Orchard Beach -
VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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The train station is not near the town centre and with
limited time before the return journey to Boston there was just time to take
a quick taxi ride around some of the town -
PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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The Downeaster about to depart
Portland - "All aboard" - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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