Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
I've wandered all about the back areas of Scollay Square Station (now Government Center) taking pictures. I don't know if its allowed, but no one yelled at me [:I] A few workers saw me and didn't yell. I even asked them if they knew where the old Scollay sign was (actually, I knew where it had been and had already spotted it was gone, but it was a good excuse to chat with them and establi***hat I had some sort of reason for being there; they didn't know what I was talking about at all, but pointed off down one of the back hallways. So I thanked them and went trooping off down the hallway, taking that as close enough for permission, and giving me a good alibi in case of future encounters) Someday I might make a micro layout of just the station. Since it includes a wye that was previously used for turning trolleys that aren't continuing outbound, all you need is a cross-over just past the station on the inbound tunnel so cars can return, and it would be a full functioning layout. There's a stretch of abandoned platform along the wye that for years still had an old Scollay Square sign left over from the remodelling in '63 when it became Govt Ctr. You could see it out the window coming into the station. Alas that sign went away not too long ago. But that abandoned platform now leads to some short hallways, doors to storage rooms, and a stairway up to a grating in the brick pavement of City Hall Plaza! If you poke around beyond the platforms to peak at the trackwork, those grimy black walls are indeed pretty grimy, so wear clothing you don't mind getting grimed. For pre-published photo references, Arcadia Publishing has a couple of books on Boston: * Boston In Motion (mostly trolleys) * Trolleys Under the Hub (actually not too many underground photos, but enough to give you plenty of architectural details) * Boston's Blue Line * Boston's Red Line Cheers, Mo
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!

Subscriber & Member Login

Edit post

Post Body

Tags (Optional)

Subscriber & Member Login

Users Online

Search the Community