Did he ever return? Yes, he did. "In the mid 1980s, the fare for senior citizens was reduced to 10 cents. Charlie had a wife and family (read: kids) so we'll assume that he was at least 21 when he first got on the tain. By 1983, he would have been 65 years old, would have qualified for a senior citizen fare of ten cents, which he had paid in full at Kendall, and would have gotten off the train at Jamaica Plain. Now as for getting back..." Quoted from the MIT website, which I gave in an earlier posting to this thread.