MBTA Everett Shops (Everett, Massachusetts)

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Former Orange Line terminus and shop complex. Isolated from the rail transit system when the Orange Line was relocated, the shops still perform rail transit maintenance with components being trucked in and out for overhaul. Also has a large bus maintenance and repair facility.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBTA_Orange_Line
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Coordinates:   42°23'50"N   71°3'56"W

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  • Why was the station abandoned?
  • The Orange Line was rebuilt and moved to a route along a commuter rail RoW. At the time the Orange Line consisted of a deteriorating elevated structure.
  • THE ORANGE LINE LEAVING THE OLD EVERETT STATION GAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE VARIOUS EQUIPMENT IN THE EVERETT SHOPS AWAITING REPAIR. SOMETIMES YOU COULD CATCH A FULLY REPAINTED STREETCAR, BUS, TRACKLESS TROLLEY OR AN ORANGE LINE CAR WAITING TO BE RETURNED TO SERVICE. UP TO EARLY 60'S THERE WAS THE SCRAP TRACK WHICH WAS VERY VISIBLE FROM THE ORANGE LINE EL TRACKS FROM EVERETT TO SULLIVAN STATION. NOW EVERETT IS BUS AND TRACKLESS.
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