Event Review for SV Derailment at East Falls Church on July 29, 2016

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 theContinue reading "Event Review for SV Derailment at East Falls Church on July 29, 2016"

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)Continue 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 1Continue reading "Event Review on WMATA Red Signal Violation at Glenmont Station on July 5, 2016"

Recommendations for WMATA Surge 1.2 (BL/OR/SV) 

Starting Saturday, June 18, 2016 and continuing thru Sunday, July 3, 2016, WMATA will be executing the second phase of its SafeTrack plan. (Note: We at Rail Transit OPS have decided to refer to SafeTrack as a first iteration program with individual projects, where each project is identified as the number after a point. Example: SurgeContinue reading "Recommendations for WMATA Surge 1.2 (BL/OR/SV) "

SafeTrack Surge #1: East Falls Church to Ballston

Surge 1 of the WMATA SafeTrack program is occurring between East Falls Church to Ballston on the inbound track, from June 4th to June 16th. The following are images and media documenting the progress of the work. Work in this area includes: Rail tie replacement Rail fastener replacement (the devices that hold the rail toContinue reading "SafeTrack Surge #1: East Falls Church to Ballston"