Event Date: Friday, July 29, 2016 Event Time: About 6:14 AM EDT Event Location: WMATA OR/SV East Falls Church Station (K05) Event ID: 16-0205 Event Type: Mainline Derailment On Friday, July 29, 2016 at about 6:14 AM EDT, WMATA Silver Line Train 602, a scheduled revenue train, derailed while traversing a crossover located east of theContinueContinue reading “Event Review for SV Derailment at East Falls Church on July 29, 2016”
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Event Summary: Cracked Third Rail 08.04.16
Event Date: Thursday, August 4, 2016 Event Time: About 10:53 AM EDT Railroad Involved: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Event Location: Orange Line Track D1 (D1 308+10) Event ID: 16.0206 Event Type: Track Defect On Thursday, August 4, 2016 at about 10:53 AM EDT, a track inspection team reported to the Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC)ContinueContinue reading “Event Summary: Cracked Third Rail 08.04.16”
Event Review on WMATA Red Signal Violation at Glenmont Station on July 5, 2016
Railroad Involved: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Event Location: WMATA Red Line Glenmont Station Event Date and Time: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 7:14 PM EDT (16-0194) Event Category: Red Signal Violation On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at about 7:14 PM EDT, WMATA Red Line Train 121–an eight car train–departed Glenmont station on Track 1ContinueContinue reading “Event Review on WMATA Red Signal Violation at Glenmont Station on July 5, 2016”
Safety Concern at Rosslyn Noted during the Morning of May 31, 2016
We are very concerned to discover on the morning of Tuesday, May 31, 2016 there were multiple reports of multiple arcing insulators outside of the Rosslyn station on the New Carrollton/Largo track just beyond station limits. Initial reports indicate this condition was first reported at about 6:51 AM and again at about 8:15 AM. During theContinueContinue reading “Safety Concern at Rosslyn Noted during the Morning of May 31, 2016”
Event Review on WMATA White Flint Platform Overrun on May 11, 2016 (16-0144)
Event Summary Event Location: WMATA White Flint Station on Red Line Event Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Active Event Timeframe: 1:03 PM EDT Event Category: Station Overrun & Door Operation outside Station Limits On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at about 1:03 PM EDT, inbound WMATA Red Line Train 106 overran the station platform at WhiteContinueContinue reading “Event Review on WMATA White Flint Platform Overrun on May 11, 2016 (16-0144)”
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