Post from Bad Transit

Pulling a 328 ton commuter train “using a steel rope clenched in his mouth”, Rathakrishnan Velu has provided fellow MBTA commuters, through herculean example, with an excellent idea.  When the train frequently breaks, teams of commuters might well exit, lash some rope around the hulk, and like draft horses, haul their carriage onward to the next station stop. We think the best solution of all is to resolve the underly ...