Posts Tagged ‘ntsb’

Metro to Close Stations In Place of Single Tracking

Metro will soon expand temporary station closures for track repairs, in place of  single tracking. Though shuttle buses will be provided between the affected stations, closures are scheduled to happen around the system for two-thirds of weekends over the next 18 months.
Like
Unlike

More »

Fed’s Takeover Move Triggered by Metro Crash

‘Wednesday Morning on the Metro’
courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’
The Washington Post wrote Sunday about the Obama administration’s intent to push Congress to implement a large change in how subway safety is regulated and enforced across the country by DOT. Currently, the feds really have no power to set regulations what so ever on subway [...]

More »

NTSB: More Circuitry Failure

‘tunnel’ courtesy of ‘volcanojw’
According to Dr. Gridlock today, the track circuit behind last month’s crash has apparently been failing to detect trains since a key component was replaced back in December of 2007. The NTSB also said that this component – a part of the WEE-Z bond – is the other end of the paired [...]

More »