The BSRA meets at the Grand Lodge of Masons' Paul Revere room, 186 Tremont Street, in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Our meetings traditionally occur at 7:30PM on the first Saturday of each month, year-round (the second Saturday if a holiday falls on the first weekend). A short business meeting is followed by an entertainment program, in which slide presentations, video programs, and films of past and present transit operations are shown.
The business meeting begins at 7:30PM and includes a discussion of current news on the MBTA and other transit systems. The entertainment program begins at approximately 8:15PM and generally lasts about 2 hours.
Meetings are free of charge, open to the general public, and are readily accessible by public transportation. Download Complete Directions, including a map... (PDF)
Meeting and Entertainment CalendarBelow is a listing of upcoming meeting dates and scheduled entertainment programs. Download as a PDF File...
OCTOBER 1, 2011
R. ALLAN POMMER'S '70s-'80s FILM POTPOURRI
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R. Allan Pommer brings us a set of film treats form semi-recent times, in Super 8 with sound. First we'll see MBTA Commuter Rail and Amtrak at South Station, Back Bay, and Forest Hills from 1978-83. Then we'll see the ceremonial last day of service for the GG-1s in 1983. After this, Allan will show Pittsburgh trolley operations in the 1970s. Finally, if time permits, he'll have a surprise bonus reel for us.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2011
A SURVEY OF RAIL LINES IN THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA
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George Chiasson presents Port Authority Transit's light rail system as it evolved from 1986 to 2006, with some bonus shots of buses. We'll also see the two major trunk railroads serving Western Pennsylvania: Norfolk Southern (former Conrail, previously the Pennsylvania Railroad) and CSX Transportation (previously the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad), plus the PATrain commuter rail service that was eliminated in 1988. This show also represents a technical first for the BSRA: not only will it be digital, but it will be streamed in directly from the internet.
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DECEMBER 3, 2011
SCENES AROUND GREATER BOSTON: AN INTERMEDIATE MEMBER PRESENTS
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Ryan Anderson - Age 11, and already an accomplished Rollsign photographer - will present images from his collection, featuring views of MBTA equipment in the past two years. He'll also show a few other scenes from eastern Massachusetts, including various Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs), private buses, and Amtrak.
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