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Track trash fire near North Station shuts Orange Line
By adamg on Wed, 02/18/2015 - 10:39pm
UPDATE :Firefighters extinguished the fire and left the tracks about 10:45 p.m
Around 10:35 p.m. Firefighters asked the T to cut power on the outbound side so they could douse a small trash fire about 100 feet past the platform; the T cut power in both directions.
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That's it?
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, but shouldn't the Orange Line immediatley shut for three days now?
Maybe the T
Set it so they could legitimize another said shutdown? hmmm
Look on the bright side!
Look on the bright side: A fire means the third rail must finally be working again.
Some fed up commuter was just
Some fed up commuter was just trying to help thaw out the switches.
You know I think it is
You know I think it is disgraceful for the T just to cancel service and don't even tell the people there is no more service. I stood at the platform at forest hill station with many others and children waiting on the last bus that never came and the T employees did not even have the respect to tell its riders there were no more buses. The mbta is a horrible system, horrible customer service and needs to be replaced. They have no respect for passengers...without us paying them it would not be no T and those ignorant workers would not have a job. I'm pissed
Well, it was worth a shot
The extremely short-lived trash-fire-on-the-tracks snow-melting plan didn't have many believers, but at least they tried.
I like their creative thinking.
Now that they've tried it in a contained, weather proof location like the tunnel near North Station, hopefully they can apply what they've learned to the Braintree branch. A giant trash fire might be just what it needs!