All hail the people's revolutionary subway cars

By adamg on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 1:10pm

Chinese poster for new Boston subway cars

The MBTA reports a train-loving artist in China has prepared this work to honor the Chinese subway cars that will, if nothing goes wrong, start rolling out on the Orange and Red Lines over the next several years. The T adds that the Springfield assembly plant, where most of the cars will be built out of components shipped over from the People's Republic, opens for business today.

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Comments

Pure Manga Satisfaction!

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 1:18pm.

The map-as-lightning bolt to the head says it all!

Boycott this artist!

By Stevil on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 1:39pm.

Look at that stereotypical comic Asian portayal of a young white female, giant doe eyes and all!

Lock him/her up with Dr Seuss!

not to mention the red and orange lines don't stop at the Park Street church (which that appears to be)!

Blasphemy!

Old South Meeting House?

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 2:48pm.

The Orange Line entrances are adjacent and the platform runs beneath it.

The person depicted is likely supposed to be Asian.

Actually

By Stevil on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:33pm.

Looking at photos it's definitely Old North which has that arched window in the bell tower - which is nowhere near any T station - at least by Boston standards.

Pride

By BostonDog on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:37pm.

The artist is likely expressing a degree of pride that it's the Chinese who have designed and built these cars that the Americas are so eager to get. Dr. Seuss was mocking the people in his drawings. Bit of a difference.

Those cars are tiny!

By whiskeylover on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 1:47pm.

You'd have to literally stand with half your body outside the car.

What is this, a subway car

By surprisefries on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:15pm.

What is this, a subway car for ANTS?!

Who does one figure remind you of ?

By AMCoffee on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 1:56pm.

Looks a lot like Speed Racer to me. Where's Trixie ?

Does that mean the lead car of every train

By roadman on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 4:02pm.

will have buzzsaws that can pop out to immediately cut any trees that fall on the right of way?

Go Speed Charlie! Go!

Come to think of it, that might not be a bad idea for the new D line cars they are building.

And little bumpers that pop out of the bottom

By Stevil on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 4:11pm.

so the train can jump the stalled train in front of it.

Nyuuut, nyuuut, nyuuut, nyaaaa...

Springfield assemblers,

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 2:05pm.

Springfield assemblers, please keep us safe!

springfieldian

By hux on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 8:58am.

And even I'm not sure you really want to count on anything from Springfield.

At least they're not being built

By roadman on Fri, 10/13/2017 - 2:21pm.

in Shelbyville. Or, for that matter, North Haverbrook.

Gotta catch them all!

By Sock_Puppet on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 2:08pm.

Braintree! I choose you!

Pokeballs?

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 2:50pm.

I'd love a private capsule for my transit travels!

You're in luck

By adamg on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 2:57pm.

There's a model of one of those on High Street.

This sounds like a McSweeney's list: Pokémon character, or

By MC Slim JB on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:01pm.

ancient MA town name?

1. Quichickichick
2. Crawdaunt
3. Krokorok
4. Minnechaug
5. Machoke
6. Shawanon
7. Wailmer
8. Tympole
9. Granbull
10. Tragabigzanda

Answers:

By MC Slim JB on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 5:17pm.

1, 4, 6, and 10 are old MA town names.

Calling Balderdash on #10

By John Costello on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 6:31pm.

Give McSweeney's credit. Mansocket and Sadchester really need to two new neighborhoods somewhere.

Not technically a town name, but

By MC Slim JB on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 10:59pm.

there's this.

Train loving Artists in China

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 3:36pm.

Are much more talented than American graffiti artists who have defaced the orange and red lines.

All of these comments are

By anon on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 5:06pm.

All of these comments are making me LMFAO. Great comments and comedic entertainment

I find it odd...

By Subway Rob on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 5:42pm.

that the picture depicts the Orange Line design that was first proposed by CNR in 2014, rather than the updated design by CRRC (a company which was created from a merger between CNR & CSR in China) one year later.

IMAGE(http://www.crrcgc.cc//Portals/71/Uploads/Images/2015/12-14/635856880286047128.jpg) Original 2014 CNR Design

IMAGE(http://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2015/11/OrangeLine_Final_Selection.jpg) Chosen paint scheme via MBTA Survey for the 2015 CRRC Design

Welcome China....

By Hugo on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 7:31pm.

Why can't we just let China take over the entire MBTA operation?
We'd have new trains, tracks, stations in a fraction of the time that it would take our transit agency to bring the system up to 21st century standards.
I bet they'd even build us a high speed rail just for sh&ts and giggles.

Pica--- CHOOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOO !!!

:-)

But what I wanna know is...

By Div2Supt on Thu, 10/12/2017 - 10:12pm.

WHO WILL VOICE STEPHANIE POLLACK IN THE OVA?!?!?!