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There is a Lowell train sitting on the tracks just past North Station, dead, filled with people who don't want to be there

By adamg on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 5:25pm

Emmie reports from the 4:40 p.m. train to Lowell, which confidently rolled out of North Station, then promptly suffered a fatal heart attack some sort of problem and now the brakes won't release.

UPDATE, 5:36: Emmie reports the T has offloaded passengers to the 5:10 train, which, obviously, is a bit late.

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Topics: 
The T
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Commuter rail
North Station
Lowell Line


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By Stevil on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 5:33pm.

The air in the line is not pressurized to apply the brakes, it's applied to release them. Obviously could be any number of other things - but most likely suspect is a loss of air pressure in the brake line.

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By Markk02474 on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 2:25am.

Draft amendment 4 to the 2013 Boston MPO TIP (Trans. Improvement Proj.) sheets now has $53M budgeted for new locomotives. We can hope they take less time to build than replacement rail cars from Korea.

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By BostonUrbEx on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 9:24am.

They're already being assembled. We were supposed to receive our first locomotives this month, but that's been pushed off several times already. Fall 2013, now, I think?

Source: railroad.net MBTA forum.

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