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Yup! First time ever being here. I was in the area so I pedaled over.

"no comment" ;-)

Well for people on the woburn end of new boston road, it will be a quicker way to get to 93. Its a bit of a bummer for me, that area is always totally dead at night but now that it will be a through-way, it will have a lot more traffic.

I remember when they came out in the very early 90s. Then suddenly they all disappeared for decades.

have yall even heard of the southside haha

@@PatriotAndAlbanyProductions It's too far to pedal all the way down to the south side lines :)

@@JohnsTrainVideos oh i understand lol, its quite a ways away from north station.

Back? Back to the night trains?

I know! Daytime videos come out so much better but the timing rarely works out!

I thought the rush hour haverhill trains have always gone down the wildcat, for decades?

@@JohnsTrainVideosthere’s a few that have, the current 9 AM-4PM trains are only temporary though. On a normal schedule, there’s about 4 Haverhill trains a day that use the Wildcat.

Are you talking about #90406? Is that another Cabbage car in retro paint, or is that a real locomotive that is shut down and being used as a cab car?

@@JohnsTrainVideos no the leading engine 100 on the first train

@@Primeandfeastablescollector10 Ahh gotcha!

It seems to be kind of a grey area, it's unclear if it's a full blown road or a private driveway. I wouldn't go here during a workday. But I imagine if we stay under the radar, it will be fine.

Is that the first car behind the real locomotive? Whats up with that?

@@JohnsTrainVideos They're gradually coming to the Downeaster to replace the amfleet cars. Those amfleets will go down to NE corridor services (Keystone, NE Regional, Vermonter, etc) until the end of their lifespans. They look really similar to comets on the outside, but the inside looks really similar to an amfleet.

HAH! I was at Wedgemere, and West Medford before that. But it was cold out and I didn't feel like waiting so I ended up on Cross St. The lighting here is terrible, West Medford would have been my preferred meeting spot!

@@JohnsTrainVideos Yeah I went to wedgemere earlier yesterday as well. Wasn't there for a while but I saw Midnight Blue Amtrak #100 pass with a friend which was nice.

@@MbtaVideoClips Yeah I saw a downeaster through the trees when I was pedaling up Mystic Valley Parkway. I wish they had better live maps for amtrak trains.

I believe it was right around 9PM

@@JohnsTrainVideos Wow! I could never go that late… Would be too tired.

@@MbtaVideoClips Me and my cousin stopped by on a bike ride, then we haded to medford square and then back to stoneham

@@JohnsTrainVideos Ah neat

Oh sorry, no idea. I don't save the raw videos either so its long gone.

What is the benefit to an electronic bell over a real physical bell?

@@JohnsTrainVideos e bells are just so common nowadays, they glitch and malfunction often aswell. Mechanical bells are old school. this is all my my opinion

I lurk around on my bike finding good spots :)

Trespassing 😎

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I just happened to see one tonight going over the Mystic River!! I couldn't believe it! The MBTA must have made some mistake, accidentally giving the North side some non-garbage equipment :D I took a video of it, I'll post it in a few days.

@@JohnsTrainVideos Nope, they moved them up for the increased ridership this weekend for the extra Salem trains

@@MbtaVideoClips oh I guess that makes sense. Did they cross the grand junction linked together? I would love to see that even more than seeing them in service on the line. ALSO hows about we get some more double deckers up here full time! I say that like I need the room but actually I haven't been on MBTA CR since maybe 1990. I just want double deckers because they look cool and I want to film them :D

Yeah it's annoying but it makes sense here since the station is around a curve and there is a pedestrian crossing across the tracks. You could easily find yourself standing in front of an oncoming train.

makes sense@@JohnsTrainVideos

Nope, this video was from about a week or so ago, and it was the only time I've ever been to belmont station.

Ah. I wonder who it was then@@JohnsTrainVideos

Did he have an afro? If so, i know that guy!

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Thanks!

I got all sorts of weird activity up in Wilmington. I need to throw the videos together and post them.

Oh cool

The more trains on the lowell line, the better! I wish we could get more freight!

Agreed

Not rare anymore ever since the expanded Rotem fleet took their place down south.

Figured I'd mix it up and go someplace I haven't been before. This part of Waltham isn't really on the way to anywhere so I've never been here before,

That’s cool. Gotta explore around the routes :)

Did it come through late last night? This was probably around 10:30 or so. I haven't caught DOBO on video all year, I keep hoping I catch it at Mishawum since it's so well lit. Hopefully they don't start shutting the lights off!

It's just a typical lens flare that you'll get on a camera at night when there's a very bright light source around. You can see as the train gets bigger, the green "lights" get bigger too and it looks like a mirror flipped version of the train lights.

Imagine how good my videos be if I hit up all my normal spots in DAYLIGHT :D