MBTA Front View - Haverhill Line: Reading to Boston

[@alx-vn8gs]

0:01 - Reading Station 0:05 - Eastern limits of Ash Street Interlocking 0:16 - Washington Street Grade Crossing 0:40 - Main Street Grade Crossing 0:45 - Ash Street Grade Crossing 1:17 - Western limits of Ash Street Interlocking 1:40 - New Crossing Road Grade Crossing 2:04 - Interstate 95 Overpass 2:34 - Winn Street Overpass 3:04 - Prospect Street Grade Crossing 3:41 - Chestnut Street Grade Crossing 3:47 - Wakefield Station 4:07 - Albion Street Grade Crossing 5:29 - Broadway Street Grade Crossing 5:50 - Wakefield Junction 6:38 - Linden Avenue Overpass 7:30 - Forest Street Grade Crossing 7:45 - Greenwood Station 7:59 - Greenwood Street Grade Crossing 8:54 - Cooper Street Overpass 9:24 - Eastern limits of Doherty Interlocking 9:42 - Western limits of Doherty Interlocking 9:57 - Melrose Highlands Station 10:16 - Franklin Street Grade Crossing 10:51 - Melrose Street Underpass 11:22 - Lynn Fells Parkway Underpass 11:51 - West Emerson Street Grade Crossing 11:53 - Melrose-Cedar Park Station 12:50 - West Foster Street Grade Crossing 13:16 - West Wyoming Avenue Grade Crossing 13:20 - Wyoming Hill Station 14:47 - Eastern limits of Fells Interlocking 14:55 - Western limits of Fells Interlocking 15:24 - Oak Grove Station 16:15 - Winter Street Overpass 16:46 - Clifton Street Overpass 16:59 - Mountain Avenue Overpass 17:17 - Pleasant Street Underpass 17:22 - Malden Center Station 17:34 - Centre Street (Route 60) Underpass 18:19 - Charles Street Underpass 18:32 - Adams Street Underpass 19:13 - Medford Street Underpass 21:16 - Revere Beach Parkway (Route 16) Overpass 22:47 - Dana Bridge (over The Mystic River) 23:25 - Noonan Place Underpass 23:54 - Eastern end of Foley Street Siding 24:32 - Eastern limits of Reading Junction Interlocking and western end of Foley Street Siding 25:03 - Mystic Avenue Overpass 25:08 - Maffa Way Overpass 25:09 - Western limits of Reading Junction Interlocking (dispatcher changes from Boston Valley to Terminal). 25:32 - Cambridge Street Overpass 25:34 - Eastern limits of FX Interlocking 25:37 - Interstate 93 Overpass 26:14 - Western limits of FX Interlocking 27:04 - Flag stop for Boston Engine Terminal 27:40 - Gilmore Bridge Overpass 27:48-27:50 - Overpasses which are ramps to and from Interstate 93 28:49-29:01 - Overpasses which are ramps to and from Interstate 93 29:02 - North Bank Pedestrian Bridge 29:15 - North Station Draw One Bridge (over The Charles River) 29:52 - North Station (Track 1)

[@buttersrow426]

New interlocking in Melrose is called "Doherty". You are correct about Foley St

[@alx-vn8gs]

@@buttersrow426 Thanks very much. I am glad to finally know the name of the interlocking in Melrose. 😊

[@Spaceshotx7]

I bet this was a morning peak train, because this is the only time you can ride in the car with the cab at one end on inbound trains, otherwise it is closed off per Keolis/MBTA policy. I don't know why that policy is mostly unique to the MBTA Commuter Rail, and why the MBTA Commuter rail has the most restrictions on what cars and doors are opened compared to other railways in the US and world?

[@barbnahoumi65]

I have ridden in the cab end car on occasion. It was during peak times, and the train was crowded.

[@Spaceshotx7]

@@barbnahoumi65 Why is it they only open this car on morning peak trains, and close it off at other times? Why is the MBTA commuter rail the only railway to do this? Why is the mbta commuter rail the only railway to open the least amount of cars and doors possible?

[@MbtaVideoClips]

@@Spaceshotx7so conductors spend less time walking through the train to check tickets

[@DaBigColinTheRailfanman]

Ok how did you get up there on the north side?

[@MbtaVideoClips]

@@DaBigColinTheRailfanman rush hour

[@F40-RULES]

Did 1704 get a new horn? Sounds like 1709 to me.

[@MbtaVideoClips]

that is 1709

[@F40-RULES]

That’s what I thought. I couldn’t read the number. Looked like a 4 from the distance, but I knew it wasn’t its horn. Does it still have 1122?

[@MbtaVideoClips]

@ no clue, old footage