Shortly before 5 p.m., as Katrina Demulling shows us, service halted on the C inbound due to a pair of turkeys that refused to yield the tracks to a trolley.
C Line
The T says service was pretty durn good on the four subway lines thanks to all the investments in things like new third rails and plows and dispatch centers.
So far this morning, the T has reported Red Line problems that include dead trains at South Station and near Ashmont, signal and switch problems on the Braintree branch and at Park Street. Green Line trolleys ran even slower than usual on the C line.
But as of 9:50 a.m., the T says everything's back to normal.
The MBTA reports "moderate" delays on the C and D lines due to signal issues at Kenmore Square.
Shortly before 7 p.m., the driver of a car with New York plates rolled over on Beacon Street at Carlton in Brookline, shutting both the road and the Green Line, Nick Barber reports.
The crash happened around 11:45 a.m. at St. Mary Street. No service between Kenmore and Coolidge Corner as a result.
The T is reporting some ish on the C Line, where an inbound trolley eased into eternal slumber at Summit Avenue just a tad before 8 a.m.
Catherine N reported at 6:45 p.m. she was on a dead outbound C trolley in the tunnel between Kenmore and St. Mary. There was another fjord-pining trolley on the B line.
But the B Line? Amanda McNeil reports:
Direct quote from 57 driver "All the buses leaving Watertown are full. Y'all better just start walking"
An Orange Line tried withered on the vine at Tufts.
Three inbound Red Line trains passed through Central after 8:30 a.m. and nobody could get on any of them.
Trolley plowing the tracks in Coolidge Corner! Thanks @MBTA !! @TownofBrookline @universalhub pic.twitter.com/KrLfRoP0MN
— Mike Sanders (@msanders14) February 18, 2015
Mike Sanders watched a plow-equipped trolley move through Coolidge Corner tonight.
David Parsons used slit-scan photography to take this unusual view of a Green Line trolley on Beacon Street in Brookline.
Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Around 9 p.m., the driver of a Golden Temple delivery vehicle proved unable to gau around a trolley in Washington Square, Brookline. The two vehicles were still there 30 minutes later when Joe Ranft arrived on scene. Rachel Chernick reports:
Driver side bashed up but seems fine.
Naturally, the collision brought C Line service to a halt, but T inspectors used their noodles and ordered up substitute bus service along Beacon Street.
The Red Line and the Green Line (C in particular) have had better mornings, as have their riders.
And speaking of the Green Line, at 11, some folks will see if they can outrun the Green Line between BC and Blandford Street. Watch them live.
#MBTA Green Line Update: C & D Line branches: Normal service has resumed.
— MBTA (@MBTA) March 11, 2014
Now the T tries to figure out what caused a trolley to derail in the tunnel between Kenmore and Fenway yesterday.
Death pointed a bony finger at an inbound Red Line train at Charles/MGH shortly before 4 p.m. A trolley on the C Line departed this mortal coil before it could get to Cleveland Circle.
Ari Ofsevit watched as a T worker used a flamethrower to thaw out some track in Coolidge Corner around 8 a.m.
The T ran trolleys all night to keep the tracks clear; but that didn't help much on the B and D lines, which experienced major delays this morning due to trains that died.
One at North Station, one at Reservoir, both making life more interesting for morning commuters.
Unfortunately, it was a regular trolley that slipped off its tracks at Coolidge Corner, around 10:30 a.m. The good news is that no one was injured and that it happened after rush hour. The bad news is that people who do want to get somewhere between Cleveland Circle and Kenmore now have to take a shuttle bus - or walk over the B or D lines.
This is the sort of thing that doesn't exactly inspire confidence in trolley drivers:
Several people, including a Boston magazine staffer, witnessed a T driver repeatedly drifting off to sleep between Hynes and Coolidge Corner shortly after 6 p.m on June 17.
Nobody was hurt, but the story gets even better when that staffer attempts to report the incident to the T.
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