Editing MBTA Commuter Rail (section)

=== Retired equipment ===
[[File:MBTA 1101 with GO coaches at South Station, March 1979.jpg|thumb|An EMD FP10 locomotive with rented GO Transit coaches at South Station in 1979]]
As the MBTA assumed control of the commuter rail during the 1970s, it inherited various equipment from predecessor railroads.<ref name=railwayage>{{cite magazine |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n11_v192/ai_11544541/ |title=How MBTA rebuilt ridership |magazine=Railway Age |date=November 1991 |access-date=August 3, 2008 |author=Middleton, William D. |archive-date=May 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522111804/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n11_v192/ai_11544541/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1976 purchase of B&M and Penn Central equipment included 94 [[Budd Rail Diesel Car]]s (RDCs) – 86 from the B&M and eight from Penn Central – plus 116 Penn Central coaches and 25 Penn Central [[EMD E8|E8]] and [[EMD GP9|GP9]] diesel locomotives.<ref name=roster /> Although the MBTA purchased some new equipment in 1978–1980, large locomotive and coach fleets were not purchased until the late 1980s, so the first decade of combined operations used a variety of secondhand equipment in addition to that acquired in 1976:<ref name=railwayage /><ref name=roster />
*Four [[ALCO PA]] locomotives leased from the [[Delaware and Hudson Railway]] in 1978<ref name=roster />
*48 coaches leased from [[GO Transit]] in 1978–1980. 51 coaches (some of which were in the previous group) were leased in 1984–85.<ref name=roster />
*19 [[EMD GP7]] locomotives leased from the B&M in 1978–1982<ref name=roster />
*24 RDCs acquired or leased from [[MARC Train|MARC]], [[SEPTA Regional Rail|SEPTA]], and [[NJ Transit Rail Operations|New Jersey Transit]] between 1983 and 1987<ref name=roster />
*11 EMD GP9 locomotives acquired from the [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] and [[SEMTA]] in 1983–1986<ref name=roster />
*One [[EMD SW9]] locomotive acquired from the [[Seaboard Coast Line Railroad]] in 1984<ref name=roster />
Most of the secondhand and inherited equipment was retired between 1979 and 1989. 33 ex-B&M RDCs were converted to locomotive-hauled coaches (designated BTC-2 and CTC-2) in 1980 and 1982; they were retired by 1989. This left all MBTA service operated by locomotives and coaches purchased new by the MBTA.<ref name=railwayage /><ref name=roster /> At several points since, the MBTA or its contract operator has temporarily leased locomotives when needed. Some passenger equipment acquired new by the MBTA has been retired:
*18 [[EMD F40PH]] locomotives (1000–1017), built 1978–1980 and last ran in 2015<ref name=roster />
*19 [[EMD FP10]] locomotives (1100–1114 and 1150–1153), rebuilt 1979 from [[Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad]] locomotives and last ran in 1991<ref name=railwayage /><ref name=roster />