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@CharlieOnMTA

Love it or hate it, Boston has the MBTA to get us around. Being America's First Subway, it’s steeped in history. **Not affiliated w/ the MBTA.** IG:CharlieOnMTA

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7:29:46!!! The #MBTAWorldRecord record is ours!! Thanks to the @MBTA for our awesome charlie cards! This has been an incredible experience.
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Northbound Main Line train with a smoking (S) car on front leaves Forest Hills elevated station in 1910. @archivesboston
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Attended an awesome author talk with @WardMaps Steven Beaucher of his book “Boston in Transit” at the State House Library yesterday. Amazing book with great images and information. A must buy!! #Boston #MBTA #author
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I’ve been quiet for a while, but I moved to Quincy last month. That prompted me to finally try to “digitize” (GoPro pointed at the wall) this old #8mm from opening day of the Braintree extension. Once I crop it, I’ll post on YouTube and share the link. #Boston #MBTA #Braintree
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I love how my redline train (1634) has the heat on (or maybe the AC just isn’t on). Either way, it feels great to walk into a sauna train during this heat. Not even one stop and I’m visibly sweating.
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20 minute delays because of a disabled train at Broadway. Feels good to have the red line back to normal after the shuttles of the past 2 weeks of this section.
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Construction of the new #Harvard station is well underway in this 1980s photo. #ThrowbackThursday #tbt #TBThursday #Boston #MBTA
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Been awhile so I figured I’d throw one out. Where was this weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image taken? Good luck!
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This weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image was of the old lower southbound platform at Harvard.
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Did you know that streetcars used to run down Blue Hill Ave? #onthisday in 1926, a city photographer snapped this image of a Blue Hill Ave streetcar at Waverly Street. ow.ly/Hk1z50PHf55
Streetcar with wires on a street lined by a stone wall and wood frame houses

ALT Streetcar with wires on a street lined by a stone wall and wood frame houses

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Where was this weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image taken? Good luck!
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This weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image was of Sullivan Square on opening day in 1975.
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I ended up with over 400 of these tokens over the years. 90% of them came in a bulk purchase I made!
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MTA Token 1950’s. @CharlieOnMTA
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Where was this weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image taken? Good luck!
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This weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image was of construction of the upper level surface station at Broadway.
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Signage at Everett station in 1976 announcing its closure. Replaced with the current northern branch of the Orange Line. #Boston #MBTA #transit #ThrowbackThursday #tbt #TBThursday
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Where was this weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image taken? Good luck!
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This weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image was of the old Everett platform in the 1920s.
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Where was this weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image taken? Good luck!
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This weeks #Boston #MBTA #Transit #MysteryMonday image was of Watertown yard in 1972. This was the terminus of the former A branch of the Green Line until it closed in 1969. This carhouse was used until 1994 until overhead wires were removed followed by the tracks in 1996.
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Some have been converted to other uses while some remain practically unchanged. #Boston #MBTA #transit instagram.com/p/Cr52n6KOuqH/…

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