Word: mbta
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) officials noticed the fire only after the inbound train had pulled to within 10 feet of the flames, an MBTA engineer who asked not to be identified said yesterday. He added that officials backed the train up and then evacuated the passengers, none of whom were injured...
...MBTA officials immediately shut off the electrical currents and suspended service to and from Park Street for 20 minutes, while Cambridge Fire Department officials tried to extinguish the flames. "If they didn't cut it off right away, it could have caused an explosion," the MBTA engineer said...
...MBTA has invited James Smith of the T's Advisory Board to travel to Washington along with general counsel Joseph Elcock. Recently, MBTA chairman Barry Locke has come under fire from the Advisory Board, which refused to increase the T's operating budget by a requested $40 million...
...MBTA subsequently brought suit in state court to have the arbiter's decision overturned. One union source said yesterday, "The T knew it would get a good break in the state courts." According, the source added, the union took the case to a federal court--where it is still pending...
...MBTA's DeNatale saw the problem in a different light. "We're caught in a bind--damned if we obey the state law, damned...