Hudson Man Among Engineers Graduated from Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad

(Boston, MA) – Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad (MBCR) today awarded Train Service Engineer Certifications to a class of ten. This is MBCR’s sixth class of Locomotive Engineers that will operate commuter rail trains throughout Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Among the graduates were Daniel Pacheco of Hudson.

The new engineers were formally inducted on March 28, during a ceremony at South Station in Boston. Senator Thomas M. McGee, Senate Chairman of the Joint Committee on Transportation; Stephen Jones, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Director of Transportation and Customer Service for Rail and Water Transportation; and Hugh J. Kiley, Jr., MBCR General Manager were all featured speakers at the event.

“Safe and reliable service is MBCR’s top priority,” said Kiley. “After a year of rigorous training and hard work, these graduating engineers possess the skills needed to perform at the utmost level of safety from day one.”

MBCR’s Locomotive Engineer Training Program is among the most challenging in the country. Through their training, the new graduates have earned a highly coveted Train Engine Service Certification.

To become a Locomotive Engineer, graduates underwent a rigorous year-long training program, including:

Phase I: 10 weeks of classroom training

·       Airbrake Systems

·       Diesel Engine Theory and Trouble-Shooting

·       Electrical Systems

·       Safety

·       Federal Law

·       Train Handling Theory

·       Railroad Operating Rules

Phase II: Field Training

·       Extensive instruction from certified Instructor Engineers and Supervisors of Locomotive Engineers.

·       Qualification tests on the physical characteristics of the entire commuter rail territory.

·       Certification in all classes of train service.

MBCR’s Sixth Locomotive Engineer Class

Woody Bubanas, Lowell, MA
Chelsea Carr, Cumberland, RI
Khari Greene, Dorchester, MA
William Hoey, Lowell, MA
Robert Kelley, East Weymouth, MA
John Paul Mikolinski, Natick, MA
Daniel Pacheco, Hudson, NH
Melanie Rines, Pelham, NH
Roberto Ronquillo, Revere, MA
Travis Scappace, Keene, NH

About MBCR

Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company, LLC (MBCR) is a partnership of Veolia Transportation North America, Inc., the transportation division of Veolia Environment (Europe’s largest passenger transportation company); Bombardier Transportation, the world’s leader in manufacturing and maintenance of passenger rail vehicles; and Alternate Concepts, a Boston-based transportation operations and consulting firm with expertise in the design, operation and maintenance of rail transit systems. MBCR operates and maintains the fifth largest regional rail network in the United States under a contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. MBCR provides service to 40 million passengers a year in nearly 80 cities and towns in Massachusetts, as well as Providence, RI.