Roger Bowles

Incident Summary – June 14, 2019 Track Fire outside L’Enfant Plaza

On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 6:52 PM EDT, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Special Green Line Train 550 while operating in passenger service as a baseball supplemental train enroute to Anacostia, reported a trackside fire five hundred and seventy-six feet outside of and while in approach to L’Enfant Plaza. Following reporting the fireContinueContinue reading “Incident Summary – June 14, 2019 Track Fire outside L’Enfant Plaza”

May 2, 2019, Third Rail Cover Board Incident Involving WMATA Trains 902 and 609

On Thursday, May 2, 2019, at about 4:43 PM EDT Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Silver Line Train 609 in service to Wiehle-Reston East suffered several failures that resulted in the removal of the train from service at Rosslyn. The probable cause was likely from Train 609 making contact in approach to Stadium-Armory withContinueContinue reading “May 2, 2019, Third Rail Cover Board Incident Involving WMATA Trains 902 and 609”

Mon, February 25, 2019 Service Events

7:45A Greenbelt inbound crossover goes out of service requiring the Greenbelt terminal supervisor to manually clamp and lock switches into position. 8:00A Greenbelt 516 reversed at College Park 8:12A Greenbelt 508 reversed at College Park 8:16A Franconia 417 unable to get all doors closed at Farragut West (4min) 8:32A Greenbelt 517 reversed at College ParkContinueContinue reading “Mon, February 25, 2019 Service Events”

February 23-24, 2019 WMATA Rail Service Adjustments

Red Line Single Tracking Woodley Park Cleveland Park Additional Trains from 10AM <> 9:30PM Silver Spring <> Farragut North Orange Line Single Tracking Minnesota Av Deanwood Cheverly Yellow Line National Airport <> Huntington ONLY Access to DC via BL/Largo Green Line Single Tracking Gallery Place Archives Full Release from Metro here https://www.wmata.com/service/status/details/weekend.cfm

Summary on Decrease in Reports of Fire Extinguisher Discharges Aboard WMATA Rail Cars

In Spring of 2018, we began reporting when individuals would discharge fire extinguishers aboard rail cars, which would subsequently require the car to be isolated or removed from service, and cleaned as a result of the dry chemical dust that is produced during discharge. These events typically occurred on the Red Line in the afternoonContinueContinue reading “Summary on Decrease in Reports of Fire Extinguisher Discharges Aboard WMATA Rail Cars”