Boston MBTA 1989

[@HayastAnFedayi]

At 15:20 you can see the old Orange line tunnel portal off to the left before the Haymarket North Extension replaced the Charlestown elevated...man I wish i could travel back in time to see the things of my youth once again!

[@jimzumbababa6608]

Thanks for posting this. I was in my 4th year as a Green Line motorman at the time.

[@YoLikeRyder]

Wow, lots of gems here. The two-tone PA system of the Type 7's, the route signage in the front of the Type 7 cab and I even overheard "sign back up and go into Watertown" at 1:05

[@jbro4400]

Wow! The elevated track at North Station! Haven't seen that in years. It's so different over there now. First it was the Fleet Center in the late 9Os and now it's TD Garden.

[@sostdm617]

It's totally different your right I miss the old Boston

[@CatholicTraditional]

The Old Boston Garden. Brought there a few times as a little boy.

[@MattMcIrvin]

This is how the T looked when I first started riding it in 1990. Those hair-dryer-shaped, color-coded ceiling lamps at Park Street...

[@redphone1438]

Park Street then got renovated in 1994 and was made wheelchair accessible by raising the platforms in 2002-2003.

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@redphone1438 Some parts of the system, of course, have hardly changed since this video was shot. (I think the tunnel between Park and Boylston has looked pretty similar for the past hundred+ years.)

[@redphone1438]

Matt McIrvin yes the tunnel was the same, there is also those two abandoned tracks behind Boylston called the pleasant street incline. They store those old historic PCC Streetcars.

[@jameslarosa5074]

Having just visited Boston, I must say the trains and the stations were nicer and cleaner in 1989 than they are now. And the trains are also the same in 1989 as they are now. Its time for a serious remodel of the entire system.

[@rowanfaris200]

...which they are doing right now. All new orange line, red line, and green line trains, new orange line and red line tracks, 10 new green line stations.

[@Mutatedordinary]

So you are going to pay for it?

[@CJaguar265]

Those stations were relatively new in 1989

[@bitrexgm]

The stations were old, filthy and stunk like piss in '89 same as they do now, don't kid yourself. If anything they at least smell somewhat less like piss nowadays.

[@Anon54387]

@@bitrexgm I've been to Boston, and while it nice to see the historic sites, Boston is a filthy city. Trash everywhere. Oddly, there are no trash cans around. I had a bottle of water, and was hiking all over the city never seeing a receptacle to put it in. I finally had to duck into a small restaurant to dispose of it. Just because the locals throw their trash everywhere doesn't mean I have to. If I had to sum up Bostonians in a word it'd be snobbish. They act like they are above everyone just for being from Boston (as if merely being where one is somehow is an accomplishment) while their city is filthy. At least, in my small town, people know not to throw trash all over the streets and that if one has to go the place for that is a toilet and not parking garages, subway platforms, subway cars, etc.

[@mostexcellent20yrsagoedite35]

Wowww. It’s a whole different Boston. This is what my aunties and uncles and parents experienced

[@CatholicTraditional]

The real Boston. These Green Line trolleys haven’t changed much, but ever since Ray Flynn left City Hall, the city took it’s perpetual left turn.

[@Anon54387]

@@CatholicTraditional Sad to say that is true of many parts of the USA. California is Boston writ large in that respect.

[@Frankie_1211]

Wow the type 7s had two tone pa chimes before the rebuild, Love that! \

[@YoLikeRyder]

No, they had two tone PA chimes before they were modified (not rebuilt) to train line with the Bredas in the late 90’s-mid 2000’s.

[@redphone1438]

Great video, back when the MBTA used to clean their trains all the time. Man, those days are over sadly. Now there is frequent ugly black chemical mess on the trains body.

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

Trains do get cleaned now

[@redphone1438]

@@NortheastCorridorFilms well yes very well on the inside, but the outsides not so much.

[@NortheastCorridorFilms]

@@redphone1438 At least they move

[@redphone1438]

@@NortheastCorridorFilms true, but they are hopefully improving it at least. Also poor maintenance causes poor service and reliability issues.

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

Boston born I've been riding the trains since 1962, especially at park street station where the green lines run through.

[@redphone1438]

What type of escalator is that at 32:50?

[@bitrexgm]

It's a Reno-type escalator, the design is from the 1920s!

[@JoseTwitterFan]

The original Reno cleat escalator (manufactured by Otis), exactly the way Jesse W. Reno envisioned when he invented it in the 1890s.

[@lol-ug2ry]

29:25 my favorite MBTA rolling stock! The Pullman 01400 series!

[@RobertPaniagua]

mine too. Similar to nYCtA's r32 & R38s

[@JoseTwitterFan]

32:49 Currently the only surfaced video footage of the MBTA's odd-looking Only-In-Boston wooden slat escalators. Imagine all those Bostonians back in the day trying to HODL them up at the time. They've since been replaced with standard flat-step escalators, but it's too bad as they were likely the only ones of its kind, maybe in the world.

[@mike_atlas]

Not true, I've seen wooden escalators elsewhere, but not in service.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I remember seeing similar ones in London in 1986, doubtless long gone by now.

[@ajs41]

@@MattMcIrvin There was still one wooden escalator on the London Underground until about 5 years ago. It was above ground which is why it was still there.

[@Pdasilva0324]

@@mike_atlas They have existed in other places but even examples of wooden escalators I have seen are still presented "flat". These were at an angle, more like an industrial conveyor belt than a human escalator. You really had to hold on tight with these things. I remember thinking even as a 12 year old kid how the heck these were even legal or existing at all. A few times my siblings and I almost tumbled backwards at a few T stations. Crazy memories!

[@anindrapratama]

Once i read somewhere, the smithsonian offered to bring those escalators as an exhibit until they found out the cost for transporting these...

[@dream.machine]

This was recorded 1 Billion seconds ago.

[@johnson_]

At 9:15 you can see the old Causeway St. El, which I remember from my childhood.

[@mindofmike3429]

It’s sad at how badly Massachusetts has let the MBTA decay. The stations are a mess, and filthy. It looked much better back in this video. The stations are sad reminders now of what they once looked like.

[@redphone1438]

I agree the trains looked a lot better and they were maintained better back then too.

[@ratedpz]

The mbta had the big dig debt dumped on their head and there was a terrible mbta board for a long time, so very little has improved. There are new trains, stations, better wayfinding, and a new general manager though so things are rapidly improving.

[@patricianestor2870]

Timmy Sullivan disp in the beginning GOD LOVE HIM

[@redphone1438]

I really wonder, where the old subway trains on and red and orange lines quieter back then? Do subway trains get louder as they get older?

[@BillClay88]

Too depressing. It's like I'm watching myself go to work every day. Instead of conductor saying stops, it's an annoying computer.

[@radanju3]

weird how the type 7s had the orange / Blue Line announcement beeps before they changed it back in the day.

[@wavemaker10111]

It’s amazing how clean all the trains are in this video. Even the terrible Boeings are sparkling!!

[@redphone1438]

Ikr

[@ratedpz]

Yeah a lot of stuff was new here. The red line extension to alewife was 4 or so years old, a lot of trains were new, but there are still tons of things I totally forgot existed.

[@tc36438]

Those look very similar to the current green line trains. Still running them? And I can see the red line trains are the same, knew those were super old

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Back when you could enter stations and not worry about being rear ended by your follower.

[@rbspider]

Not much has changed . All the Orange line stations look the same .

[@kristalakey6019]

you should make more videos on and off train

[@mikemadden4084]

And the blue line

[@AxelYvnNewYork2K10]

Preschool Shows Characters Be Like No A for Arthur B. Bob The Builder Barney C. Caillou D. Dora Daniel Tiger E. Elinor Rabbit!

[@philiplow6016]

I won the MBTA job lottery in 1989.

[@Anon54387]

A job lottery. That sounds concerning.

[@anindrapratama]

It looks like there are not many Boeing SLRV's in service on that day

[@blue9multimediagroup]

They were falling apart. That's why they bought the Type 7s.

[@jimzumbababa6608]

By that time we mainly ran them only in rush hours. The 7's handled all base service.

[@teresatayzon3196]

15:29

[@airgamer1403]

Back when the MBTA was clean and well run

[@redphone1438]

Yes unlike now since like 2019.

[@citydweller99]

It's still loads better run than the Chicago EL

[@eduardorivera4343]

Nobody on cell phones....

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Weren't really affordable back then LoL

[@Perich29]

Cell phone was a purse with a wired phone attached to it. If you want smart phone, you take the lap top computer, and a CRT TV with you.

[@ZeroInfiniteX]

if that baby gets to over 88 miles per hour, your gonna see some serious stuff.

[@teresatayzon3196]

25:15 😮

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[@ettawing5955]

November 2nd, 2018.

[@fabygonzalez5690]

PARK STREET

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Connect to the 🔴

[@jmalerbaboss]

Doors will open on both sides

[@jbro4400]

12:13 WTF

[@blue9multimediagroup]

What happened?

[@fabygonzalez5690]

ARLINGTON

[@Pdasilva0324]

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[@sostdm617]

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[@fabygonzalez5690]

HAYMARKET

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Change to the Orange Line

[@jmalerbaboss]

Bus connection

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NORTH STATION

[@jmalerbaboss]

change here for the orange line and commuter rail

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PRUDENTIAL

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SYMPHONY

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COPLEY

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NORTH STATION

[@sostdm617]

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[@jmalerbaboss]

THE GAHHHHHDEN

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HAYMARKET

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Change to the 🟠

[@jmalerbaboss]

bus connection

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GOVERNMENT CNTR

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Change to the 🔵

[@jmalerbaboss]

Doors will open on the left please watch your step while exiting the vehicle

[@fabygonzalez5690]

PRUDENTIAL

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PARK STREET

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SYMPHONY

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COPLEY

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