Green Line Photo Tour Page 1

Out on the Riverside "D" line a two car set of LRV's rolls into Newton Center on a cool damp day in June of 1986. The Boeing LRV's (Light Rail Vehicles) were purchased in 1976 to help replace the aging PCC fleet. However the LRV's were plagued with problems and many were rebuilt in the 1990's.

Fast forward to January 1987, a LRV meets an outbound Type 7 on the Lechmere Viaduct. The Type 7's are Japanese made trolleys made by Kinko Sharyo, that went into service in the Green Line in late 1986.

Rolling above Causeway Street near the "Garden" a LRV of the Green Line heads for North Station. This view is from an off ramp near the Central Artey. January 1987.

Another Type 7 rolls across the 1910 vintage Viaduct near the Museum of Science. The parking garage there makes a great vantage point to watch both the Green and Red Lines cross the Charles River. January 1987.

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