With another snowy season looming just weeks ahead, the MBTA has revamped one of its key winter-weather players: Snowzilla.

The MBTA’s 35-year-old snow blaster that clears the Red Line tracks after storms has been overhauled and equipped to battle blizzard conditions this coming winter, according to the MBTA. The monstrous snow-clearer uses 900 gallons of fuel for each trip it takes down the Mattapan line.

Revamping Snowzilla is just part of the MBTA’s plan to get ready for another winter — weekend service on the Red Line and nighttime service on the Orange Line are both suspended between various stations throughout the month of November to allow crews to work on the Winter Resiliency Improvement Program.


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