So for most of the commuter rail trains the mbta use HSP46 Models and around 40 of them which are all used via by South Station (the locos in the route currently are there old locos that are used for shunting passenger cars around and are primarily only used at the Pawtucket yard, South Station yard, and North Station yard but as I said only few still work on the North Station routes Coaches Tha passenger coaches (which in the route are 89-90 Bombardier CTC1B are not used via South station but every once in a while you'll see them used on the other 7 lines out of South Station but not on the Providence/Stoughton line) The carriages that are currently used are the 90-91 Kawasaki BTC-4 and CTC-4 all of which were overhauled from 2014-2019. the second group is the 97-98 Kawasaki BTC-4A which were overhauled from 2019-2021. They also use the 2001-2002 Kawasaki BTC-4B 2005-2006 Kawasaki BTC-4C All of which were overhauled from 2014-2023 The third group 2012-2014 Hyundai Rotem BTC-4D and CTC-5 2022-2024 Hyundai Rotem BTC-4D and CTC-5 brand new rolling stock going into service now Routes Fairmont- 9.2 miles from South Station to Fairmont which is connected via from Readville CSX yard Framingham/Worcester- 44.3 miles From South Station to Worcester (Originally the Boston Worcester line established in 1834) this line also supports Amtraks Lake Shore Limited Boston - Chicago using the Cardinal Class Loco Needham- 13.7 miles From South station to Needham Heights (use to connect to Newton Highlands which is now the green line station near Eliot) Greenbush- 27.6 miles from South Station to Greenbush/Greenbush yard This line runs along the red line from Broadway-Braintree. Middleboro/Lakeville-35.6miles From South station to Middleboro/Lakeville border station soon to be new station head for the south coast rail from M/L to New Bedford also follows along the red line from Broadway-Braintree. Also the Kingston/Plymouth line runs the same route but splits off at Weymouth station. Franklin/Foxborough line- 30.3 miles Franklin Runs from South Station to Forge park/495 Foxborough Splits from Walpole station to Gillette stadium home of the New England Patriots And runs back to the Providence Stoughton line via Mansfield Subways Orange line - 11miles runs from Forest Hills to Oak Grove Rolling stock- 2018 to 2023 CRRC 1400 Orange line Red Line and Red Line Trolley 11.5 miles from Alewife - Ashmont 17.5 miles from Alewife - Braintree 2.54 miles from Ashmont - Mattapan Red line trains on the main lines are third rail assisted automatic train control And the trolley runs from overhead Pantagraph Red line rolling stock 2021-2023 CRRC 1900,2000,2100 Red line trolley PCC Streetcars 3087,3230,3234,3263,3265,3268 Blue line - 6 miles From Bowdoin to Wonderland Rolling stock Siemens 700 series that use third rail and Pantagraph Green line 27.6 miles in total B Branch Boston College to Kenmore 4.2 miles Boston College to Goverment center 10.3 miles C branch Cleveland Circle to Kenmore 2.4 miles Cleveland Circle to Government center 8 miles D Line Riverside to fenway 9 miles D Branch Riverside to Union Square 14.7 miles E Line Heath Street to Copley 2.6 miles E branch Heath Street to tufts university/Medford 9.4 miles Green line rolling stock 86-97 Kinki Sharyo type 7 LRV 98-2007 AnsaldoBreda type 8 LRV 2018-2020 CAF USA type 9 LRV All are overhead wire Pantagraph
They certainly did drop the ball when selecting MBTA rolling stock for Boston Sprinter. Not being from Boston, the first time I went to South Station I was excited to see the trains I drove in TSW and none of them were the locomotive in the game and all were bi-levels. I was sorely disappointed with the route after learning that.
Yea like I said they haven't used those emd asince probably 2009 around 2010-2011 they switched over the San Fran/San Jose baby bullet and then over HSP46 Models for the stock South Station uses the bi levels for rush hour but will use the old singles for other routes but most are now used on the North Station routes even with amtrack it's rare to actually see a old style northeast corridor Loco cause most are the new version or you'll see acela but you'll see them on the lake shore limited in the form of the cardinals which do roll into South Station just gotta be in when they come in
Green Line treat it as the US Version of RMV U-Bahn Frankfurt from TSC because you are running Trams underground and at grade
Honestly with it being Boston's rapid transit line and it being the fastest of all the lines at a top speed of 60mph above and 45mph underground it would a good line to have
Yep, distance wise should be able to get the entire line in as well. I'm biased though, it's one of the only US lines I've actually been on in reality. Prices were really cheap (compared to UK).
