Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) MPI HSP-46 2032 is shoving a commute train on MBTA's Fitchburg Line near Waldon Pond in Concord, MA on Friday, July 12, 2019.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as "the T") is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The MBTA transit network includes the MBTA subway with three metro lines (the Blue, Orange, and Red lines), two light rail lines (the Green and Ashmont–Mattapan lines), and a five-line bus rapid transit system (the Silver Line); MBTA bus local and express service; the twelve-line MBTA Commuter Rail system, and several ferry routes.

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)

MBTA 2032, MPI HSP-46

Reportedly MBTA 2032 was built in 2014 by MPI as a model HSP-46, builders number 0612.33, MBTA 2032.
MBTA 2032 on the Fitchburg Line
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) MPI HSP-46 2032 is shoving a commute train on MBTA's Fitchburg Line near Waldon Pond in Concord, MA on Friday, July 12, 2019.

MBTA 3265, Pullman-Standard PCC car

MBTA 3265 is a PCC car. The current set of MBTA PCC cars are "Wartime" PCCs, built by Pullman-Standard in 1945–46. They have been in continuous revenue service in Boston since their construction, although PCC cars were not assigned to the Mattapan Line until 1955. The Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line, commonly called the Mattapan Trolley Line, is at the end red line between Ashmont and Mattapan stations. According to Wikipedia, unlike most heritage streetcar lines, it is an integral part of the modern MBTA transit system rather than a tourist attraction. A rebuild of the line for modern light rail vehicles is planned.
PCC cars on Mattapan Trolley
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 3265 is heading to Ashmont while 3234 is heading to Mattapan at the Central Ave. station in Milton, Massachusetts on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. This is on The Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line, commonly called the Mattapan Trolley.

MBTA 3268, Pullman-Standard PCC car

MBTA 3268 is a PCC car. The current set of MBTA PCC cars are "Wartime" PCCs, built by Pullman-Standard in 1945–46. They have been in continuous revenue service in Boston since their construction, although PCC cars were not assigned to the Mattapan Line until 1955. The Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line, commonly called the Mattapan Trolley Line, is at the end red line between Ashmont and Mattapan stations. According to Wikipedia, unlike most heritage streetcar lines, it is an integral part of the modern MBTA transit system rather than a tourist attraction. A rebuild of the line for modern light rail vehicles is planned.
MBTA PCC 3268 at Mattapan
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 3268 goes through the reverse loop at the Mattapan station near Boston, MA on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

Former BERy 3626, Differential Steel Car Company

Seashore Trolley Museum owned former Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) side dump car 3626 was built by Differential Steel Car Company in 1927.
At the museum
Former Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) side dump car 3626 built by Differential Steel Car Company in 1927. Taken on Friday, May 31, 2024, at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine. We stumbled on this Trolley Museum. We were just driving by. The museum was closed to the public that day.

MBTA 3700, Kinki-Sharyo Type 7 car

MBTA 3700 is a Kinki-Sharyo Type 7 car, reportedly built in 1997.
Eastbound at Waban
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 3700, in an Athleta wrap, heading into Boston. This is taken at the Green Line Waban Station, Newton, MA. I rode this car into the city on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

MBTA 3813, AnsaldoBreda Type 8 car

MBTA 3813 is an AnsaldoBreda Type 8 car.
Faces and train
Transit is about people. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 3813 on the Green Line at Park St. station on Boston, MA on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Park St. station is on the oldest subway in the US, it goes back to 1897.
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