Maybe it's just as well those new Red Line trains are late: Upgrade of the yard where they'd be maintained is delayed and mired in lawsuits

By adamg - 10/14/22 - 3:26 pm

A $214-million revamp of the Red Line's Cabot Yard in South Boston that was originally scheduled for completion this past February is now as delayed as the snazzy new subway cars it was supposed to maintain, with no lead contractor in place but a growing number of lawsuits swirling around it. Read more.

Red Line train derails in South Boston yard

By adamg - 6/24/22 - 9:14 am

The front wheels of a Red Line car came off the rails in a mishap yesterday at the MBTA's Cabot Yard in South Boston.

According to an initial internal account, a driver was moving four cars: Read more.

New Red Line car defaced before the T could even finish painting it

Tagged Red Line
By adamg - 10/7/20 - 4:31 pm

Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko spotted one of the new Red Line cars all tagged up today in the Cabot Yard in South Boston - before the T could even finish applying red paint to the bottom third of the car's side.

Orange Line cars in a Red Line yard

Orange and Red Line cars in the Cabot Yard in South Boston
By adamg - 9/29/20 - 9:22 am

The first couple of test models of the new Orange Line cars now sit with new Red Line cars in the MBTA's Cabot Yard in South Boston, which, of course, makes you wonder how they got there (secret deep-underground switch at Downtown Crossing?). Read more.