Woman claimed her GPS made her drive on the C line [2]. Photo by MBTA.
The Green Line has always stood apart from the other three T lines - and only partly because it's the only trolley line. Which other line would suffer service delays due to turtle [3]? Here are some highlights from the Green Line, 2012 edition:
A Newton man was charged with onanism at Beaconsfield [4] - he allegedly stood on the platform opposite this ad:
[5]Photo by On the 86 [6].
A trolley partially derailed at Packards Corner [7]:
[8]Derailed trolley. Photo by Steve Burns [8].
A woman was robbed at riflepoint [9] at Chestnut Hill.
State officials broke ground [10] for the Green Line extension - the same day the entire line ground to a halt.
The T inaugurated bananaphone service [11] on the Green Line.
Green Line tracks caught fire [12] at Lake Street:
[13]Photo by El Pelon Taqueria [14].
Sob Story Guy refused to let a trolley leave Boylston until somebody gave him money. [15]
Kenmore Station was shut for a melee [16] after a concert at the House of Blues:
[17]Firefighters check out the Kenmore wounded [17]. Photo copyright Brian D'Amico.
A woman irate at some guy she thought was giving her the eye whipped out a pocketknife and began swinging it at passengers [18] on a Riverside trolley.
A trolley coming into Boylston plowed into a trolley stopped there, injuring three dozen (including the operator of the hit trolley [19]); the driver of the plowing trolley was fired after T officials learned he came off an overnight shift [20] at a second job only three hours before he started his Green Line job.
[21]Passenger on way to ambulance. Photo by John Keith [21].
An E trolley and a Ride van collided along Huntington Avenue [22].
An owl was removed from the entrance to Park Street [23].
Two trolleys proved unable to occupy the same space [24] at Brigham Circle:
[25]Collision scene. Photo by Michelle Murray.
The T began sending trolleys to an upstate-New York plant for renovations [26] - via flatbed trucks. The T announced plans to shut Government Center for two years for a major overhaul [27] - which will presumably include working fare gates [28] and escalators that don't catch on fire [29].
A Medford man was nabbed cutting and stealing signal cables [30] at Brookline Village - allegedly, of course.
Overhead wire becomes underfoot wire on the Riverside Line [31].
Man allegedly groped woman, then tried to chat her up [32].
Mike Dukakis continued to use the Green Line [33].
A man slipped under a trolley at Haymarket [34]; riders alerted the driver, who kept the trolley still until he could be removed.
A man proved you can always find a seat on the Green Line - if you're limber enough [35]:
[36]Photo by Zach Tucker [36].
A man who allegedly exposed his junk to a woman on an outbound B train claimed jostling on the crowded trolley made his shorts fall off [37].
A woman changed all of her clothes [38] and applied lotion liberally on an outbound C trolley.