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Posted by jrf2 on Fri Jul 29 10:40:50 2016 Train derails at East Falls Church Metro, 75 passengers offloaded to platformArticle here |
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Posted by jrf2 on Fri Jul 29 10:51:04 2016, in response to Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by jrf2 on Fri Jul 29 10:40:50 2016. This occured during operation Safe TrackPress release on SafeTrack |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Fri Jul 29 11:20:31 2016, in response to Re: Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by jrf2 on Fri Jul 29 10:51:04 2016. The fact it happened in a safety surge zone may not have any connection to the derailment itself. I don't believe the interlocking where the derailment occurred has been maintained as part of the program as trains have needed to use it to switch tracks at the beginning/end of the single track zone. If WMATA was strategic about such things, it may have gotten quite a bit of TLC during the various Silver Line construction related shutdowns in that area. |
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Posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Jul 29 13:20:16 2016, in response to Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by jrf2 on Fri Jul 29 10:40:50 2016. Minor derailments happen on every system. |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Sat Jul 30 00:09:50 2016, in response to Re: Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by Jersey Mike on Fri Jul 29 13:20:16 2016. Minor derailments happen on every system.This one was not that minor. The cab ends of the 3rd and 4th cars are roughly 3' right of center. Not a derailment that can be put back on the track with wedges and blocks. The interlocking has guarded #8 turnouts. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 30 12:39:20 2016, in response to Re: Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by Sand Box John on Sat Jul 30 00:09:50 2016. I read somewhere that the WMATA spokesman said that the cars were "in line". Didn't look like that to me because just looking at the cars it was obvious to me it was a derailment. |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Sat Jul 30 13:36:06 2016, in response to Re: Forget updates - New Accident on WMATA, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jul 30 12:39:20 2016. I read somewhere that the WMATA spokesman said that the cars were "in line". Didn't look like that to me because just looking at the cars it was obvious to me it was a derailment.In line, as in, none of the cars came uncoupled as the result of the derailment. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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