Following yearlong pandemic closure, Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum reopening this weekend
Volunteers Joshua Redenz, at left, and Nash Bly rebuild a section of the rail on which Trolley No. 10 operates at the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum. Contributed Photo
Volunteer David Goff relocates the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum’s caboose. Contributed Photo
Published: 6/29/2021 4:37:18 PM
SHELBURNE FALLS After being closed for the entire 2020 operating season, the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum will reopen for the summer starting Saturday.
With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted, the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum announced in a press release that normal operations can resume this season. However, face masks will still need to be worn by staff and visitors on any track equipment trolley, pump car, caboose, etc. as well as inside and on the porch of the visitors center. Sanitizing stations will be available, as well as masks for those who don’t have their own.
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Springfield’s CRRC rail car factory plays catch-up in 2021 as China relations, tariff fight ease
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 15, 2021
MBTA staff operate one of the new Red Line cars made by CRRC in China. Additional Red Line cars will be assembled in Springfield.
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With less than a day to spare.
That’s par for the course for Chinese-owned CRRC MA, where work to replace aging Red Line and Orange Line cars is still about a year behind schedule. Problems with equipment, supplies and the workforce began even before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted both operations at the Springfield factory and its supply chain, which stretches back to China.