Re-Scanned 03/30/01



[MBTA Commuter Rail]
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority


AMF Techno-Transport GP40mc #1131



Sprague StA Boston-bound Franklin local trots, through Readville Station on track #5, easterly to the Northeast Corridor and final destination - South Station.



MBTA 1031MBTA F40PH-2C #1031, takes a Providence local westbound, through "read" Interlocking, approaching Readville Station and "Transfer".



MesserschmidtAn MBTA Messerschmitt Control Car heads eastbound, through Readville Station to South Station.



MBTA 1030An MBTA Westbound Commuter train, on local track "3" trots through Readville Station.



Morrison KnudsenMBTA MKCo, F40PH-2C #1030 is solidly "IN CHARGE" of her train, at Readville.




MBTA 1131This is a great picture of the face of the GP40MC. This example is the 1131, at the Readville Layover Facility, Yard #2.



MBTA 1131GP40MC #1131, looks resplendent in her Platinum Mist, purple, black and yellow suit.




MBTA 1131Another view of GP40MC #1131, at the Readville Layover Facility, in Yard #2, There is also a shop here for wheels and other repairs!



KawasakiKawasaki-built bi-level commuter coaches, led by control car, tear through Readville Station, during an afternoon commute in June 1998.



MBTA GP40mcI found this GP40MC hiding behind some bushes at Readville. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to out wit my super-duper lens! (in fact, You have to stay up all night!!)



MBTA 1100 Formerly, a Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, F3A, This engine, was purchased by the MBTA, rebuilt at the Paducha Shops by ICG and designated an FP10. Here #1100 sits stored at Boston Engine Terminal in Somerville, MA. This facility was recently leveled and a new, "state of the art", "BET" was built.



CP 22MBTA EMD F40PH-2C, #1058, hauls a Worcester local, through CP22, Framingham, MA. 7/98



MBTA @ Nevins YdWe see a Worcester local passing, westbound, through Nevins Yard, Framingham, MA. 7/30/98



MBTA 1126Brand new, MBTA, GP40mc, #1126, just in from AMF Techno-Transport, sits silent at Beacon Park Enginehouse, Allston Ma. Soon she'll be delivered to the BET.



Ayer MAMBTA, Fitchburg MA, local, arrives at Ayer station from the east in a beautiful RR setting. 07/31/98



Norwood DepotAn eastbound Franklin local has crossed Railroad Avenue, Norwood MA. and arrived at Norwood Depot. 07/30/98



MBTA 1126MBTA, GP40mc #1126 sits at Beacon Park enginehouse, Allston, MA. awaiting delivery to The Boston Engine Terminal, Somerville, MA. 07/30/98



MBTA 1630Pullman Standard Control Car #1630, leads a Fitchburg Ma. local to North Station. She's at Ayer MA. 07/31/98.



Norwood DepotA Boston-bound (South Station) commuter train is stopped at Norwood Depot, one of 3 stations in Norwood, MA. Norwood Central is the second busiest station in the MBTA system. It's 1/4 mile west of here!



Crossing GatesThe Gates are down and an eastbound commuter train traverses the crossing at Railroad Avenue, Norwood, MA. 07/30/98



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