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Amtrak and Orange Line

Description: Back Bay Amtrak station entrance. Train, viewed from above, starts up and moves slowly along tracks. Train histle and bells. Railroad bed. Commuter train pulls up, passengers board. Two trains pass in opposite directions. Looking down tracks to old and new Hancock buildings. Orange line elevated structure along Washington Street. T train passes overhead with typical clunking sound; congested vehicular traffic below. Camera moves on complex steel skeleton of tracks above.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1977

Back Bay Station cleanup

Description: MBTA crews clean up Back Bay Station two days after Amtrak crash. Thomas Glynn. B-roll of injured passengers, crushed train parts, track wreckage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/14/1990

Boston firefighters at work

Description: Boston Fire Department works to extinguish remnants of fire in railroad yard (near Back Bay/South End?). Many hoses with arcing spray. Fire apparatus. Charred debris of freight cars and structural beams. Foster Electric trailer. Henry Wolfers Lighting. Many shots seen through smoke, haze, glare on lens. Water dousing burnt warehouse. Four firefighters, one black.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/09/1978

Bulger and Boston Garden

Description: Conflict of development rights for transportation+ construction of new arena in Boston. Dukakis+Bulger claim to be working toward solution; Flynn skeptical. Bruins on ice. Amtrak train pulls into North Station.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/23/1988

Charles River views

Description: Elevated view of Cambridge from Boston side of Charles River. Sailboats. Traffic over Longfellow Bridge. Then reverse view of Boston: State House golden dome with cupola. Prudential building in far right frame. Old Hancock adjacent to new Hancock with reflective surface. Pan west over MIT buildings on Cambridge side at a distance. Red line T train crosses river approaching Charles Circle.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/31/1977

Day in the life of Thomy Grullon

Description: Profile of a good 15 year old Hispanic student Thomy Grullon, and his mother who is devoted to education. Maverick Station, blue line train. Exterior, classroom Boston Latin Academy.Crowds of students.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/13/1990

Funds for high-speed train

Description: Sen. John Kerry announces federal funds for track improvement eventually enabling high-speed train from Boston to New York. Passengers inside train. Amtrak train pulling out at South Station, conductor waves.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/30/1990

Green line MBTA

Description: Green line T pulling into and out of Kenmore station underground during rush hour. Old style PCC trolley and newer LRV cars. Driver's point of view, looking down tracks into dark subway tunnel. Passengers get on and off.Passenger reading Benjamin Disraeli. Passenger complains about MBTA service.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/15/1979

High shots of Boston

Description: High, wide, long shots of Boston environs from observation deck of Hancock Tower. Nearly aerial views of South End, Charles River, Boston Harbor, State House, and orange line T moving along elevated tracks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/10/1976

MBTA

Description: MBTA, shots of Red Line and Green Line Trains at Park Street Station, standups of reporter Bennett.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/31/1980