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MTA says light rail car at center of shutdown had been rehabbed before electrical fire The rail car that experienced an electrical fire recently, triggering the suspension of Baltimore’s entire light rail line last week, had received a scheduled rehabilitation prior to the incident, Maryland’s top t...

Alstom products also having a different set of difficulties in Ottawa.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-ne ... lrt-system

Update: BALTIMORE -- All light rail services will be suspended effective Friday because of mechanical issues, Maryland Transit Authority officials said. MTA Administrator Holly Arnold said the decision to suspend service is based on two issues. High-voltage conduits were discovered to have been punc...

News conference scheduled in about an hour to announce specifics. This is all that's been reported thus far. BALTIMORE — Maryland Transit Administration officials revealed that Light Rail services will be suspended effective Friday. Officials will hold a news conference at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to offi...

Stop sign single lane crossing where you can probably see down the track for at least a mile in both directions.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pF2mRDXKLZZHiTgt7

Article from the UK that ran two years ago. Also saw mention of similar in China while googling the topic.

Photographers being stupid between the rails on active rail lines seems to be a worldwide issue.

https://www.insider.com/parents-toddler ... end-2021-7

Dashcam video of the moment of derailment, at 1:15

https://fox8.com/news/video-shows-momen ... erailment/

‘32 Nasty:’ Rail Workers Say They Knew the Train That Derailed in East Palestine Was Dangerous Selected fair use quotes: Because of staff cuts, workers who used to inspect hundreds of cars a day now have to inspect a thousand or more, according to multiple Norfolk Southern employees Motherboard int...

Photos here apparently show that the derailed cars didn't strike any buildings or the oil storage facility nearby.

https://www.wfmj.com/story/48310997/50- ... ns-in-ohio

Likely location of the derailment.

https://goo.gl/maps/Be4q4wEUdgufXAFg6

Unexploded ordinance, mines, damage to track. Details in this Twitter thread documenting a 70 km trip into territory from which Russian forces have retreated. Today I failed. I've done everything possible and slightly more, but failed. My plan was to get to recently retaken Town B. by train. But no ...

A report released today (Tuesday) shows a continuing failure to make safety a priority on Metrorail, the subway system serving the National Capital Region. This safety audit brings new reasons for riders to again be concerned whether Metro has the procedures, systems, and equipment in place to redu...

Multiple stories in recent days of trains being looted, leaving trash and debris all over the tracks. LA Times: ‘It’s ugly out there’: Rail thefts leave tracks littered with pilfered packages Thieves are pilfering railroad cars in a crime that harks back to the days of horseback-riding bandits, but ...

The lack of obvious puddles of fuel under the broken wing, or flame after the collision, suggests the obvious. The politician is likely playing to the usual, let's shut down all GA airports constituency. edit: It happens. This incident occurred while I was flying around the pattern during flight tra...

It's been noted that the responders had enough time to string up crime scene tape before the train came through. If it were me, I'd have been dragging that airplane off the tracks by any means necessary before anything else. They don't weigh that much. Fortunately at last report the pilot will survi...

With so many 7000-series Metro rail cars still not back in service, and still not carrying passengers – Metro appears to have a storage problem. Railcar after railcar could be seen parked along parts of the second phase of the Silver Line in Northern Virginia, which isn’t yet open. There currently ...