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Aging trains react poorly to the cold

A Worcester Line train died this morning in Natick; commuters on that train and the one behind it, which wound up pushing it into town, were, of course, seriously late.

Some trains into North Station were delayed by the ever popular switch problems. At least one Greenbush train was also late because, well, who knows?

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But make sure you love that shit sandwich, because another round of Fair raises are coming down the pipe!

the MBTA: public transportation that will get you there for more, at some point.

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The Homoynym Fairy fairly mixed you up!

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:)

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...the Pun Pixie....or Fairy, Faerie....Fare-y had a hand in this as well!

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And just wait until it starts to snow. As it does every year, the T will act like it has never seen a flake of snow before, and will be uunprepared as things break down left and right.

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Or until it gets really cold. 18-19 degree days are just the first round.

Once we hit single digits, a whole new set of failures will haunt the system.

No wonder I find myself driving to work more and more.

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It was in the mid-teens this morning outside of Boston.

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So?

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So? It's just about winter. Temps tend to get that low here this time of year.

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It was "experiencing delays due to an earlier disabled train" this morning in Davis. Don't know if it was weather related, but it's a good bet it was.

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This tweet takes the cake;

mbta_alerts Newbury/Rock 113 10:20 AM OB experiencing 10-15 min delays due to late departure from Boston 12/19/2011 10:44 AM #mbta

That's right folks; the train was late because the train was late!

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...it is what it is.

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AND they didn't want to get into the clean subway cabin...with dirty hands...
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How old was the affected equipment?

Everything is always "aging", except if it moves at the speed of light. Was the problem related to equipment that's in service longer than it should be, or hasn't had any necessary scheduled maintenance?

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