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senatorium t1_j5vxaun wrote

Taylor Dolven at the Globe posted part of the T's internal slow zone log: https://twitter.com/taydolven/status/1618374834723098631

Note how the OL slow zones are pretty much all in the areas the T "fixed" last year, and also the sheer size of them: a half mile north of Assembly, a quarter mile south of Tufts and south of North Station.

And, of course, note the start of the huge cropped-out list of slow zones on the Red.

I dunno what this is going to take to fix. I have to imagine the T needs a huge expansion of its maintenance-of-way staff paired with months-to-years of shutdowns and surges.

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reveazure t1_j5wlsjk wrote

It sure sounds like the tufts-back bay stretch could be addressed by this shutdown. I wonder if the cologne egg replacement project led to a discovery that they hadn’t been placed according to some standard, and that resulted in the slow zone being retained?

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nrvs_hbt t1_j5wqx6h wrote

What the heck does "bad frog" "frog defect" mean? I assume it's a train term or an acronym for something but that's pretty funny out of context lol

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senatorium t1_j5wr37h wrote

We can only assume that due to its staffing shortage, the T has turned to amphibian labor to fill the gaps.

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southern_boy t1_j5y4ylu wrote

Innsmouth finally pulling its weight in the state! 🐟

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dmoisan t1_j5wzkju wrote

A "frog" is part of a track switch. There are a lot of them around Assembly to Wellington.

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Hribunos t1_j5ymk3m wrote

It's a train term that comes from an earlier horse term, so it's really old slang. It's the V shaped part of a track switch.

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