This is blog post 2 of 3 related to the summer 2016 construction update. See post #1 for details. 

As you may remember, P506 decided to try to become a ship at Natick Center on 8/21/2015. If you haven't read the blog post about that, you have to see the videos. Pretty incredible. 

Long planned improvements to the Natick Center drainage situation were finally completed between 6/25/16 and 7/11/16. 

There were two projects:

1) Culvert replacement for southern branch of Pegan Brook; & 
2) Drainage improvements within Natick Center station. 

Details after the 'read more' break:

"Bustitution" - the substitution of buses for trains - was in effect all this weekend between Wellesley Farms and Boston. Why? We're getting our very own "shoo fly" track at the location of Boston Landing station! Boston Landing station is the station completely financed by the developers of the new Boston Landing complex, which includes the new headquarters for New Balance along with the new practice ice rink for the Boston Bruins. Don't confuse Boston Landing station with West Station - West Station is further to the east near Boston University. More about West Station here. 

Simply put, a "shoo fly" track is a temporary track constructed to rearrange train traffic for some temporary condition - usually construction. In this case, it is simply to move the mainline Framingham-Worcester track away from the Boston Landing station construction. 

The details after the read more...