though that was before the Red LIne extension in 1984, which added about 2 minutes to the trip time because of the new sharp curve just southeast of the relocated Harvard T station.
... because you never had to ride it when wearing "business dress" - i.e. high heeled shoes.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first encountered one of those - like, where's Fred Flintstone! Of course it was both worn out and wet from a dripping ceiling and dark as well.
were at Downtown Crossing station, one on each side platform of the Red Line. They were replaced by conventional escalators about 10 years ago (maybe more).
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"Eight Minutes to Park Street"
though that was before the Red LIne extension in 1984, which added about 2 minutes to the trip time because of the new sharp curve just southeast of the relocated Harvard T station.
Photographic proof
From the Rotch Visual Collections at MIT, via Boston You're My Home.
P.S. I loved riding the old wooden escalator at that stop, seen here:
You only loved that wooden escalator
... because you never had to ride it when wearing "business dress" - i.e. high heeled shoes.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first encountered one of those - like, where's Fred Flintstone! Of course it was both worn out and wet from a dripping ceiling and dark as well.
But charming.
But charming.
The MBTA's last wooden escalators
were at Downtown Crossing station, one on each side platform of the Red Line. They were replaced by conventional escalators about 10 years ago (maybe more).
Kings Cross Station Fire
The T ripped out the last ones after a horrific fire broke out in London's Kings Cross station. A wooden escalator caught fire and blocked escape.