Equipment
All MBTA commuter rail service is provided by push-pull trains powered by diesel locomotives with a cab car on the opposite end. The current fleet of diesel locomotives comprises a mix of purpose-built passenger locomotives (such as the EMD F40PH) and freight locomotives rebuilt for passenger use (such as the GMD GP40MCs, which were originally GMD GP40-2LWs). All passenger locomotives are equipped with head end power (HEP). MBTA's locomotives were manufactured between 1978 and 2009 (excluding an EMD GP9 built in the late 1950s), with the newest locomotives being a pair of NRE 3GS21Bs used for switching duties. Twenty new MPI HSP46 locomotives are on order.
The current fleet of active passenger coaches numbers 410 ranging from 1978 to 2005, with an additional 75 on order from Hyundai Rotem. Passenger coaches are designated as either "Blind Trailer Coaches" (BTCs), which have no cab controls, or "Control Trailer Coaches" (CTCs), which have cab controls. All MBTA Kawasaki coaches are bi-level while the new Hyundai Rotem coaches will be bi-level as well.
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—Betty Rollin (b. 1936)
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—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
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—Central Advisory Council for Education. Children and Their Primary Schools (Plowden Report)