RailPictures.Net Photo: LEV 1 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Leyland railbus at Attleboro, Massachusetts by Tom Nelligan
 
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» Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) (more..)
» Leyland railbus (more..)
» Attleboro Tower 
» Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA (more..)
» January 19, 1980
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» LEV 1 (more..)
» Unknown
» Tom Nelligan (more..)
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In early 1980 the MBTA evaluated a Leyland railbus from England as a possible acquisition for off-peak service on lightly traveled lines. Here the British import poses in front of Amtrak's Attleboro (MA) tower during a test run on the Northeast Corridor. Following tests, LEV 1 went into revenue service covering a midday run between Lowell, MA, and Concord, NH, but within a couple weeks it was involved in a grade crossing accident and never ran in Boston again.
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