South Coast Rail Visit Photos

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Here is an MBTA Commuter Rail trip that I took from South Station in Boston, MA to Fall River Depot, on Phase 1 of South Coast Rail. The trip was hosted by TransitMatters, a non-profit advocacy organization focused on increasing mobility in Massachusetts.

New arch in South Station (MBTA) in Boston, MA The new arches being built in South Station

Picture of platform through a rainy window of Holbrook/Randolph Station Rainy day out at Holbrook/Randolph station

The view from the Fall River Depot Commuter Rail station in Fall River, MA The brand new Fall River Depot Station

The purple and silver view of an MBTA Commuter Rail train Our mighty steed taking us here and back today

A double level MBTA commuter rail coach stopped in East Taunton, MA We had to wait a few minutes at East Taunton for this train to come into the station, since there are many single-tracked portions of the new extension

Blurry photo of a locomotive with “Fore River Transportation” written on the side Fore River Railroad

Boxcars on 3 tracks in a railyard A yard near the new Middleborough station

Blue and yellow CSX locomotive We love CSX right?

A brand new Aveila Liberty electric train I hope the Aveila Liberty will enter service during my lifetime

A plastic and wooden bench in the middle of a busy railroad exchange near South Station what if we kissed on the decaying red railyard bench

A commuter rail maintenance facility with two tracks of trains parked in front I don’t spend a lot of time on the South Side of the Commuter Rail so this maintenance facility is new to me

A highrail truck with many interesting pipes An extremely interesting high-rail vehicle working on some drainage

Slim maintenance vehicle Another curious maintenance vehicle near South Station as well as some Siemens ACS-64’s in the background.

3 signs are below an MBTA Orange Line Downtown Crossing station sign. They include a sign saying “no crossing and no work allow unless all trains stopped by occ”, a sign to the right says “tunnel being monitored by security equipment, to exit you must tap employee I.D.” and the final one says “no smoking” Back onto the Orange Line we go!