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...
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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JUNE 5, 2010
CURRENT EQUIPMENT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
OF THE MBTA
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Christopher Kelliher will follow up on our recently released publication, Boston Transit Equipment: 1979-2009, with a survey of MBTA rapid transit, Commuter Rail, and buses in 2007 through 2009. As a bonus, we'll also see some museum photos, including some from the Seashore Trolley Museum in Maine.
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JULY 10, 2010
A TRIP AROUND THE
WORLD WITH LORING M.
LAWRENCE, PART 2
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Loring Lawrence returns to present pictures of buses, trolleybuses, trams, metros, boats (including at least one paddlewheeler still in service in modern times), and heavy rail (electric, diesel, and steam) from more of his travels around the world. He'll show us slides from Scotland, Morocco, and Myanmar, and whet our appetites for even more in the future.
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AUGUST 7, 2010
BOSTON'S ABANDONED
SUBWAY TUNNELS,
AND MORE
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BSRA President Brad Clarke presents photos of Boston's abandoned subway tunnels from a recent tour with Boston Globe reporters in December 2009. Also featured will be Dual Mode Vehicles in use on the Washington Street Silver Line; the move of LRV 3424 and Boston Dump Car 3617 to Seashore; loading and send-off for Trackless Trolley 4037 at North Cambridge for Branford; and an assortment of historical and contemporary Boston transit subjects.
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
A TRIP TO ALBERTA
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Fred Maloney will present scenes from his visit last year to Calgary and Edmonton. His show will feature the heritage streetcar operations of the Edmonton Radial Railway Society in Fort Edmonton Park and historic Old Strathcona, and the High Level Bridge in between. Fred will finish with photos of the Edmonton trolley coach that subsequently went to Seashore Trolley Museum, plus tidbits from Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Winnipeg.
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