MBTA, or as we call it the T

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Anyone here ever ride the T?

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[dandyads]

So that map is from when the narrow gauge railroad still existed (my grandfather used to talk about it - it connected Rowes Wharf to Lynn, via Revere Beach - I think he must've taken it a lot because he grew up in Boston and his father owned a store in Lynn).

No

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The old map is from a time when there were many different transit agencies in Massachusetts. Before they were all rolled into the MTA and then later called MBTA. This map should be from the Boston Elevated Railroad.

The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad was a separate company. They were the narrow gauge railroad that went to Lynn. Unfortunately, it went out of business in 1940. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Revere_Beach_and_Lynn_Railroad

This is the best book on the rail road. Well worth a flip though.
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/993396075_narrow_gauge_the_story_of_the_boston,_revere_beach_amp_lynn_railroad