Talk to any musically-minded rail enthusiast and you'll be met with plenty of hits that celebrate the colorful history and identity of America's railroads. From bittersweet ballads like Arlo Guthrie's "City of New Orleans" to joyful hobo songs like the "Wabash Cannonball", it seems all of America's railroads has its identity and popularity set in musical form. Oddly, the same cannot be said for street railways; perhaps it's their mundane nature that keeps them from being romanticized in song, or it's the fact that Meet Me In St. Louis' famous "Trolley Song" is enough to fill the nostalgic void. However, in the City of Boston, there is one song that's lived on in fame, and infamy, about what was once one of the most confusing fare systems ever implemented on a street railroad. On today's Trolley Thursday, make sure you take along an extra dime as we look at the odd and colorful history of Boston's most famous subway song: "Charlie on the MTA."
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
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