{"id":11839,"date":"2015-07-17T04:14:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T08:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=11839"},"modified":"2015-07-17T04:19:40","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T08:19:40","slug":"brians-boston-blue-line-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/brians-boston-blue-line-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian\u2019s Boston Blue Line Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hadn\u2019t explored Boston\u2019s Blue since 1999, so the other day while waiting for a flight at Logan airport I took a spin over the length of the line.<\/p>\n

\"History<\/a>
History lessons are on display at many Blue Line stations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Blue<\/a>
Blue Line train at Airport Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Blue Line has its origins with one of America\u2019s most unusual suburban railways, the narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn. At one time, beyond living memory, this was operated using a fleet of Mason Bogie engines, a peculiar type derived from the English Fairlie.<\/p>\n

Later the route\u00a0was electrified.<\/p>\n

Historic views posted in MBTA\u2019s modern station and architectural details hint at this once wonderful railway.<\/p>\n

It remains a peculiar operation because of its blend of third rail and electric overhead. At the airport station you can witness the transition between electrical systems.<\/p>\n

I found train frequency excellent, with cars passing in both directions about every four minutes.<\/p>\n

These photos exposed with my ever versatile Panasonic Lumic LX7.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The connection from Blue Line’s Airport Station to Logan involves one of these vehicles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A train to Wonderland arrives at the Airport Station drawing current from the overhead lines. I didn’t meet Alice at Wonderland. No white rabbit either. However, a few Blue Line passengers may consider \u00a0millinery (hatting) as a trade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"State<\/a>
State Street Boston. A good service on the Blue Line. Not so good on the Orange Line, though.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nice<\/a>
Nice new cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beachmont<\/a>
Beachmont Station incorporates visual elements that hark back to steam days on the BRB&L.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"MBTA_Blue_Line_Beachmont_Station_details_P1280092\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Beachmont.\"<\/a>
Beachmont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Someone<\/a>
Someone somewhere is being cute: the Blue Line cars are in the 0700-series. This one is 0707. I also noted 0727, 0747, etc. Funny these cars don’t run to Riverside!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"0707<\/a>
0707 at the Airport Station. I’ve a nice photo of an old Boeing at Rochester, New York. Perhaps for a future post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I hadn\u2019t explored Boston\u2019s Blue since 1999, so the other day while waiting for a flight at Logan airport I took a spin over the length of the line. The Blue Line has its origins with one of America\u2019s most unusual suburban railways, the narrow gauge Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn. At one time, beyond … Continue reading Brian\u2019s Boston Blue Line Views<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[2845,2844,2157,678,2843,74],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/MBTA_Blue_Line_Beachmont_Station_P1280090.jpg?fit=800%2C600","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-34X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11839"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11848,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11839\/revisions\/11848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}