Shortly before 6 a.m. on Sept. 1, 1897, this car moved out of a car barn and towards Park Street, where it would officially open North America's first subway service. It was not late.
Photo from the Boston City Archives. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
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By Elmer
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 10:44am
[img]http://www.auntpeaches.com/wp-content/uploads/2014...
Adorable!
By bohhh
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 12:45pm
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I'm willing to bet it was
By cden4
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:11am
I'm willing to bet it was faster than the Green Line today :-)
A donkey
By anon
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 4:58pm
moves faster than a green line trolley circa 2016.
First Subway
By A. Nony. Fox
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:20am
Where was the caah baahn located?
BOSTON STREET RAILWAY
By anon
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 11:41am
BOSTON STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION, INC. https://thebsra.org/bsra/
Sept 1 from Allston
By Ari O
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 12:25pm
Was it filled with five broken mirrors, four nightstands, three Ikea chairs, two seized dressers and a partridge in a pear tree?
(And, yes someone came up with 12 Days of Allston Christmas)
The mustache era!
By anon
Thu, 09/01/2016 - 10:07pm
We would not see so many mustaches again until the 1970s. Check out the advertisements inside the trolley!
Early and Under-budget?!
By Andrea
Fri, 09/02/2016 - 1:08pm
"The project was finished early and under-budget." That happens?? I thought the rule of construction is that you can only have one or the other, never both.
Since when do we get either?
By anon
Fri, 09/02/2016 - 5:56pm
Since when do we get either?
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