PCC 3263, wearing the colors of the old MTA, sits on the turning loop at Mattapan station

Outbound Mass Bay Commuter Rail train 081 departs South Station for the Greenbush line on a picture perfect fall day with the Boston sky line in the background.

In 1973 progress was deconstructing South Station. Soon all of the signal bridges would be down, the tower razed and a bus terminal built above these platforms. In the reaming open space era I too... (more)

The original south station Tower with afternoon activity.

Mbta commuter crossing the Mystic River just north of Rt. 99

A pair of RDCs crank it up outbound at MBTA's North Station.

MBCR 079 departs for Greenbush from South Station.

Stripped of its semaphores, Signal Bridge Number 5 watches over the throat of South Station. These signal bridges were removed in the 1980s. They had been part of an 1899 Westinghouse electro-pne... (more)

The dashing snouts of three Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority F40PHs wait out the weekend at Boston's venerable South Station. These units were/are used on the active former New Haven and... (more)

An MBTA Commuter Set prepares to head back to the Southampton Street Yard.

Yes it did look like and sound like an airplane. At the time of this picture security on the Penn-Central was very lax on the right of way. The photographer in front of me is obviously in a danger... (more)

United Aircraft and DOT joined the Penn Central in operating the Turbotrain between Boston and New York. It was a success with the passengers, but did fit with conventional trains in operations. ... (more)

1060 sits at Boston South with arrival of the the 0943 service from Providence.