The island of misfit T toys

Setup another MBTA store there.

Finally they finished the Alford Street bridge. Its been like 100 years.

.. and walking trail that intends to run all the way to Andover.

It's also near where I first spotted Buffleheads, (small sea ducks), decades ago.

Earhart used to live near Swirly's neighborhood.

Nice photo set.

I was thrashing through bramble patches along the Neponset trying to trace the route of the bikeway and trail that is intended to fill in the gap between Savin Hill and Pope John Paul II Park.

I was under the Distressway where it crosses the Neponset.

I even witnessed a tense situation between two egret species in Dorchester Bay.

https://flic.kr/p/ot2PDr

The first commuter rail line is the Haverhill line (aka the Western route), and the second (on the bridge) is the Newburyport/Rockport line (or Eastern route).

And the locomotive you took a picture of happens to be the first of the T's new HSP-46s (#2012) to enter revenue service!

It's funny, riding the train through there twice a day I've long since stopped appreciating the views here.

"Beyond that bridge is a scene right out of SimCity: The power plant you put in to start the game and the windmill you put in later to curb your pollution levels:"
That is a very interesting area, loaded with industrial might. The Distrigas natural gas plant beside the power plant, beside the Prolerize scrap yard, boat loads exported. Then the Exxon petroleum complex, the New England Produce Center , the world famous King Arthur peel joint, which is across from the wine grape king. Mosey down the street a bit , you are in the location of the old Chelsea Fire, where now the most controversial Market Basket grocery chain has a store. There is a lot more of interesting stuff, but I don't want to overwhelm your senses.
As an add to , a close by neighbor, the great Boston Sand and Gravel , had some nice pictures on it's web site, under the Historical Photos heading,
http://www.bostonsand.com/photo-gallery/nggallery/thumbnails/

Adam,

Since you seem to be a SimCity fan [many references in this blog] you should note there is a new city building simulator coming out that is supposedly trying to do some thing right that the latest SimCity iteration got so wrong. Note this new game is not another iteration of the [often consider crappy] Cities XL series, but rather from the transport sim developer of Cities in Motion.

http://kotaku.com/play-offline-is-an-advertised-feature-in-new-city-sim-...

http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=14022&game=Cities:%20Skylines&titl...