{"id":13840,"date":"2016-01-22T05:47:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T10:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=13840"},"modified":"2016-01-20T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T15:03:57","slug":"mbtas-mattapan-ashmont-pccs-in-the-digital-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/mbtas-mattapan-ashmont-pccs-in-the-digital-era\/","title":{"rendered":"MBTA\u2019s Mattapan-Ashmont PCCs in the Digital Era."},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a follow-up to Wednesday\u2019s Tracking the Light post featuring vintage Ektachrome slides of Boston’s MBTA Mattapan-Ashmont PCCs from the late 1970s, I thought I\u2019d present some of the images of this classic transit operation that I\u2019ve made in the digital era.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve featured this colorful trolley line about a once a year in Tracking the Light, but since the topic is timely as operation of the historic cars now appears to be under threat, I thought a Mattapan-Ashmont PCC review might be of interest.<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/a>
Looking toward Ashmont from Cedar Grove. The Mattapab-Ashmont trolley line serves as an extension of MBTA’s Red Line. Exposed with a Canon EOS7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A classically painted PCC approaches Cedar Grove. Lumix LX3 photo, contrast adjusted in post processing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Milton<\/a>
Milton was the station I featured in Wednesday’s post showing the old trackage arrangement. The 1979 view\u00a0showed some PFE refrigerator cars delivered by Conrail on freight trackage that is now just a memory. Canon EOS7D with 40mm Pancake lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A Mattapan bound car approaches Central Avenue. Exposed with a Canon EOS7D with 200mm lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"On<\/a>
On an overcast May day, an MBTA PCC crosses Central Avenue. I like the contrast between the six decades old streetcar with modern automobiles. How much longer will scenes like this be possible on MBTA? Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Careful<\/a>
Careful inspection will reveal vestiges of the old New Haven Railroad freight trackage that ran parallel to the trolley line. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mattapan<\/a>
Mattapan is on the Red Line, served via vintage PCCs\u2014at least for now. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"It's<\/a>
It’s an era steeped in history, so it will be shame to see the old cars go. This is Boston’s equivalent of San Francisco’s Cable Cars\u2014antique streetcars maintained for a modern application. LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also see:<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s Time Machine. Step back 30, 40, 50 years!<\/a><\/p>\n

MBTA-Boston: Traction Orange PCCs.<\/a><\/p>\n

Tracking the Light Posts EVERY DAY!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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  As a follow-up to Wednesday\u2019s Tracking the Light post featuring vintage Ektachrome slides of Boston’s MBTA Mattapan-Ashmont PCCs from the late 1970s, I thought I\u2019d present some of the images of this classic transit operation that I\u2019ve made in the digital era. I\u2019ve featured this colorful trolley line about a once a year in … Continue reading MBTA\u2019s Mattapan-Ashmont PCCs in the Digital Era.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13837,"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":[3786,678,7535,2711,790,1219,1033],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Mattapan_PCC3262_approaches_Central_Ave_IMG_0640.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-3Be","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840"}],"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=13840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13841,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13840\/revisions\/13841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}