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Orange Line train just died; riders, of course, fit to be tied
By adamg on Tue, 04/07/2015 - 5:32pm
No room on the train. Photo by Shamus Moynihan.
Tonight's line of mourners for the Orange Line includes a very special guest, Channel 7's own Dan Hausle, who had a Vine time recording the wait at Downtown Crossing, where riders piled up because of a train that ascended to Valhalla at Chinatown.
Update, 5:58 p.m. Shamus Moynihan reports:
DTX for 25 mins. Train came through too full. Sign saying 4 mins the whole time.
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Thank the Dan Hausle street
Thank the Dan Hausle street team not the actual Dan Hausle. You people think he actually rides the train?
Dan Hausle has a posse?
Well, good for him, but I have to admit I'm a little disappointed to learn he doesn't actually commute on the Orange Line.
What a Great Photo
Everyone is frustrated, bored, resigned, trying not to look at one another, wishing they were anywhere else. That's about as accurate a reflection of what's happening as you can get without actually being on the train. Good work, Shamus.
And rust
A good OL photo would not be complete without the rust.
Needs more rust...
...that photo needs way more rust to really look the part. Like the cars where the T logo has come off and is just a circle of rust.
Then again, some of the doors are more rust than paint, maybe we just can't see it with the doors open.
Blame family leave
If people stopped taking time off to take care of themselves/family members, nothing would ever rust!
Most nutty political non sequitur....
... ever uttered by a blue ribbon panel -- MBTA has long-term systemic problems (and decades of disinvestment) -- so blame employees for making use of (non-paid) family leave.
Valhalla
Someone's been watching Vikings. Can't blame you its the shit.
correction
Valhalla is for heroes. The Orange Line is clearly Hel:
This conception is in stark contrast to Hel's realm, the dreary subterranean abode ruled by its eponymous blue and black giantess Hel. The realm was a shore made of corpses called Náströnd within Hel. Her realm is separated from the world of the living by a rapid river across which leads the Gjallarbrú that the dead have to pass. The gates are heavy, and close behind those who pass it and will never return again. Hel is the final destination of those who do not die in battle, but of old age or disease. There is reason to assume that the ideas of Hel are coloured by Christian influences which taught that there was a realm of punishment in contrast to paradise.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(location)