Thanks for the memories…I rode this line hundreds of times from the 1940s into the 1970s…on the way to Boston Tech High School when it was near Mechanics Hall through the great years of the Bobby Orr Boston Bruins into North Station…
I used to be a 5 year old kid on that train,terrified that it was gonna fall off the track when it hit that big curve at egleston square!I don't wanna be old!take me back
This is such a Kool video. . I used too live right next to the Orange line at Green St station. .. you can see the building in your video... I am showing my boys th8s Memory that I couldn't share today because its gone now. .. so thank you for sharing this... there is a video on here that shows the Orange line coming out of the Washington tunnel at North station right near the Boston Gardens, I rode this part of the line before it was all underground and went to Medford... so thank you..
Thank you for adding this Video. I spent most of my childhood in Matappan and remember taking the bus from Blue Hill Ave to the orange line Egelston Street Station
@CircusFreakGRITZ - The curves entering Dudley Station were acute and there was a speed restriction there. It was controlled by timers on the signals. If you were going too fast you would have to stop at a Red signal. This assured a slow speed on the curve, or if the motorman was incapacitated the train would be thrown into emergency stop at the signal. Not evident in the video is that the tracks are also banked there to assist the train taking the curve.
I used to watch St. Elsewhere which showed this line during the opening credits. Unfortunately, I didn't get to visit Boston until 2007 [20 years too late]. How did the T justify demolishing the Washington street elevated?
Wonderful video. A shame the El was removed. Did they make sure it was done before Christmas of 1987? (as in "No El"?) I have a question...anyone have any video footage of those old-school escalators only the MBTA seemed to have....the ones with slanted cleats instead of flat steps?
I know this line from Forest Hill, to Everett Station. We must have taken this train a thousands time, from when I was a child until it was taken down. At that time some of those stations was ready to fall down. None worse than Dover Street Station. When the train came to a stop the station would sway forward and back about 3-4" It was a black eye on Boston for many decades. Wonder how many street people are now living in the old underground? Thanks for the memories.
Structurally, the El was in good shape but needed some work. The biggest problem was that the platforms were too short and could only accommodate 4 car trains at the most. I think the El gave the neighborhoods more character and served areas that needed it much more than the area it is in now.
@@GoofyNewf I will maintain until I die that if BERy had just made the whole line a subway in the first place, it would still be there today. Keep in mind that the Red Line was also supposed to be an El line. It didn't happen because Cantabrigians protested.
OH EM Geeh I seen my house that im still living in jajaja same color cool!!! Around 02:43 the big white buildings on the right ajajaja I live in the same Building Same Apartment jajajja KEWL!!
Too expensive to maintain, moving the trains to subway tracks would mean there would be 6 to 8 cars on a train as opposed to 4 and simple modernization.
Thanks for the memories…I rode this line hundreds of times from the 1940s into the 1970s…on the way to Boston Tech High School when it was near Mechanics Hall through the great years of the Bobby Orr Boston Bruins into North Station…
I used to be a 5 year old kid on that train,terrified that it was gonna fall off the track when it hit that big curve at egleston square!I don't wanna be old!take me back
This is such a Kool video. . I used too live right next to the Orange line at Green St station. .. you can see the building in your video... I am showing my boys th8s Memory that I couldn't share today because its gone now. .. so thank you for sharing this... there is a video on here that shows the Orange line coming out of the Washington tunnel at North station right near the Boston Gardens, I rode this part of the line before it was all underground and went to Medford... so thank you..
Thank you for adding this Video. I spent most of my childhood in Matappan and remember taking the bus from Blue Hill Ave to the orange line Egelston Street Station
@CircusFreakGRITZ - The curves entering Dudley Station were acute and there was a speed restriction there. It was controlled by timers on the signals. If you were going too fast you would have to stop at a Red signal. This assured a slow speed on the curve, or if the motorman was incapacitated the train would be thrown into emergency stop at the signal. Not evident in the video is that the tracks are also banked there to assist the train taking the curve.
This is an awesome video clip! Brings back a lot of memories.
I used to watch St. Elsewhere which showed this line during the opening credits. Unfortunately, I didn't get to visit Boston until 2007 [20 years too late].
How did the T justify demolishing the Washington street elevated?
Old school people feels good
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I live in the south end.
Good to be one of the people .
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Yeah, I remember that! The Everett EL went in '75, so the Forest Hills one had to go, eventually. Just wish I had been old enough to ride Everett!
damn i remember riding on these trains back in da day
I seen my house which i still live in today the White building on the right 2:42 thats cool it still looks the same today!!!
Wonderful video. A shame the El was removed. Did they make sure it was done before Christmas of 1987? (as in "No El"?)
I have a question...anyone have any video footage of those old-school escalators only the MBTA seemed to have....the ones with slanted cleats instead of flat steps?
I was very sad to see the El on Causeway street go.. the last of 'em in Boston : (
Looks a bit like the Lake Street L still operating in Chicago.
it still like this?
They never should have torn it down.
Was this shot with a Fisher Price camcorder that used compact cassette?
I know this line from Forest Hill, to Everett Station. We must have taken this train a thousands time, from when I was a child until it was taken down. At that time some of those stations was ready to fall down. None worse than Dover Street Station. When the train came to a stop the station would sway forward and back about 3-4" It was a black eye on Boston for many decades. Wonder how many street people are now living in the old underground? Thanks for the memories.
Structurally, the El was in good shape but needed some work. The biggest problem was that the platforms were too short and could only accommodate 4 car trains at the most. I think the El gave the neighborhoods more character and served areas that needed it much more than the area it is in now.
@@GoofyNewf I will maintain until I die that if BERy had just made the whole line a subway in the first place, it would still be there today. Keep in mind that the Red Line was also supposed to be an El line. It didn't happen because Cantabrigians protested.
take the fung wah to nyc if you want to see el trains still in use, in the outer boroughs.
the lake st el is in much better shape.
OH EM Geeh I seen my house that im still living in jajaja same color cool!!! Around 02:43 the big white buildings on the right ajajaja I live in the same Building Same Apartment jajajja KEWL!!
The should've left it smh I miss riding the Orange line overlooking the streets of Roxbury/South End
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Too expensive to maintain, moving the trains to subway tracks would mean there would be 6 to 8 cars on a train as opposed to 4 and simple modernization.
They ran them every 2 minutes in peak hours without all the hitech
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