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The photo below is from SBJ's most recent update post. What really struck me is the design of these lights. For some reason they strike me as a little bit retro in style - maybe 1960s? I cannot say yet whether I like them, but they are another sign of how different the new stations will be. I am, ho...

Driving to IAD on Sept 1, there was a six car train parked on the outbound tracks right after the Wiehle station.

Re: Washington Metro Purple line

 by JDC ¦  Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:06 pm ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: MTA Purple Line Bethesda - New Carrollton Light Rail ¦  Replies: 220 ¦  Views: 79093

Nice post in the Gazette with a map of the route and photos of all of the stops. See http://www.gazette.net/section/purpleline#

Apparently Metro is considering closing down the Medical Center station and cutting the Red line in half as part of a project that, over the course of a period of time, would seek to resolve the constant infiltration of water into the tunnel there. According to the article, the geology in this secti...

Re: Silver line commemorative farecard

 by JDC ¦  Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:35 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Silver line commemorative farecard ¦  Replies: 14 ¦  Views: 4355

Depending on work and weather, I plan on riding the Silver Line opening day - likely from Rosslyn through Spring Hill (not sure I'll go all the way to Wiehle). I will definitely get off at each stop, walk around the station, and maybe even exit at Tysons to walk around a bit. I plan on picking up a ...

Cleaning Metro Railcars [First post!]

 by JDC ¦  Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:33 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Cleaning Metro Railcars [First post!] ¦  Replies: 6 ¦  Views: 2841

Hi All - I've been reading the forum for about four months now, and waiting for about two months for my registration to go through. Seems there is some computer hiccup that just yesterday was resolved. So, to keep my account active I'll be posting quite a bit in the coming days/weeks, lest my accoun...

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