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...
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
CANADIAN STREETCARS,
TROLLEY COACHES,
AND MORE
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J. Leonard Bachelder takes us a to Canada. He will show primarily photos of Toronto Transit Commission streetcars from 1961 through 1990, mostly from before 1980, with Peter Witt cars seen in regular service alongside PCCs. All streetcar lines in operation in those years will be included, along with a few shots of subway trains and trolley coaches. We'll also see trolley coaches in other Ontario cities in the '60s and '70s - Cornwall, Hamilton, Kitchener, and Thunder Bay. For teasers, Lenny will present a few views of electric freight in Cornwall.
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MARCH 6, 2010
MORE FROM
R. ALLAN POMMER'S
FILM COLLECTION
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R. Allan Pommer returns with more of his 8 mm silent movies of Boston. This time he'll feature streetcar operations on Arborway-Huntington, Park Street-Watertown, and Blue Hill Ave., plus a non-Boston trailer film.
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APRIL 3, 2010
ITALIAN RAILROADS
IN TRANSITION
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Donald Nevin will present Italian railroads from 1960 to 1982, with steam and diesel operations, as well as the Ganz system of 2-wire, 3-phase AC that once powered all of the main lines in northern Italy. We'll also see some trolleys in Milan, Genoa, and Naples.
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MAY 1, 2010
FROM ALASKA
TO NEW YORK
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BSRA-favorite Eric Oszustowicz returns, taking us on a tour across the United States. He'll show us the Alaska Railroad in summer 2009, with some views from 1998 and 2003. Then he takes us to New York for comprehensive views of the subway and bus fleets from the 1950s through the present. Finally, he'll present some views of western freight railroads in 2009.
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