| On a weekday in late October, your raving rail reporters, railpipe and Monsieur C., invaded Boston to seek glorious transit Monday. Our goal was Boston's last remaining PCC line from Mattapan to Ashmont at the end of the Red Line. This presentation is not intended to be comprehensive in any way; rather it is an overview to promote interest in rail adventuring around the world. |
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| Although most of the PCCs are painted in a traditional Green and White, one has been meticulously restored to the original municipal orange and cream colors of the long defunct Boston Elevated Railway. |
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| At the Mattapan end of the line, cars are washed and a Trolley Plow awaits the Winter snow. |
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| We began our adventure at Riverside station, where the Green Line LRVs are kept. The articulated Kinki LRVs work well on their exclusive right of way into Boston. Such cars would never work out in New York City; for one thing they would never be able to find articulate drivers. |
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| There is, of course, more to Boston than its glorious MBTA system. In the heart of the City, near Copley Station's ornate exit, we visited Trinity Episcopal Church for a noontime pipe organ concert by visiting prodigy Felix Hell (who is, coincidentally, a railfan). |
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