Nov
3
2004

train wreck

Looks like Metro and its Red Line passengers are having a bad day, too.

This afternoon, an empty train rolled backwards and collided with a Red Line train stopped at the platform at the Woodley Park station, injuring 20 people. (Washington Post: “20 Injured in Crash of 2 Red Line Trains” - 11/03/04) The photo tells the story pretty well.

Metro certainly has had its share of problems of late, from a train derailment at National Airport a year or two ago to the fires, delays and derailments that have plagued the Red Line this year. An accident of this magnitude, however, is shocking. It’s a miracle that more people weren’t hurt more seriously.

Posted at 4:57 PM in washington, dc

Previous entry: notes from a close election (politics & bureaucracy) | Next entry: jedi fever (movies)

Comments

This photo, which shows the reopened Woodley Park platform with one track still occupied by the wreckage, does a pretty striking job of telling the story, too. It still seems unreal.

Posted by alykat on November 4, 2004 4:23 PM

Post a comment

As a spam-control measure, your comment may require my approval before it will appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting. To avoid the moderation delay, consider filling in your e-mail address. It won't appear on the site, but I use it to whitelist frequent commenters so their comments appear automatically.


The following HTML tags are permitted (if you want to use them):
p, br, a href, b, strong, u, i, em, ol, ul, li, cite, blockquote