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 - 3/13/13 - 5:25 pm
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.
Comments
Leak in the air line
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.
New choo choos soon
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.
They're already being
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.