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Jeff Smith wrote:Are they still looking at a 2019 opening? Early/Late year?

Pictures from within the airport station. The escalator is at least partially installed. https://twitter.com/loriara/status/885528111043014662" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I don't know what the deal is with the blue coloring on the exterior photo. I don't know whether the...

Metro just announced a new pilot program using supposedly innovative means to tackle the water infiltration. https://www.wmata.com/about/news/red-line-waterproof-pilot.cfm This is really just a test to try a new method of sealing. If it works, there will be more substantive shutdowns to finish the ...

WaPo recently reported that phase 1 is still not finished. What's still outstanding? There was a 2nd powerpoint that covered this: http://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/BOD/2017-06/tab_14_quarterly_dulles_corridor_metorail_cost_and_schedule_update_for_phae_1.pdf" onclick="window.open(th...

The MWAA board met this morning, and there was a status update. Powerpoint slides here: http://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/BOD/2017-06/tab_15_dulles_corridor_metrorail_project_monthly_cost_and_schedule_update_for_phase_2_as_of_april_30_2017.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return ...

For those of us that don't ride the NEC very often, is there any of this stuff that is actually under construction or is expected to start construction soon?

WTOP, and other sites, is reporting that once Safetrack concludes, Metro will begin a new, unnamed program of safety blitzes that will focus on the Red, Yellow, and Green lines and will again include 24/7 line segment shutdowns. http://wtop.com/tracking-metro-24-7/2017/06/metro-announces-new-247-wo...

Google earth imagery has been updated, but the new pictures are clearly at least 6 months months old. In Google Earth, it isn't showing me the date of the images. Google is doing some weird stuff to get a 3D effect - the tower crane at the airport looks like it jumps out at you, but their image proc...

Finally getting some 7000 love on the Silver line:

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http://ctr.trains.com/railroad-reference/operations/2001/12/the-history-of-baltimore-and-ohios-shepherd-branch - speaking of the Long Bridge, do most folks know about a second cross-Potomac River bridge during World War II? Not a well-known story. Think the GTW bridge came from Saginaw, MI. I read ...

Metro has 40 year old rail fastener and copper cables that are worn and need to be replaced. This causes the electrical arching smoking problems. A preventive maintenance program starting in July that will allow workers to begin testing for electrical leaks along the system’s power cables and track...

For what it is worth, the tower crane at Herndon was disassembled and removed over the weekend.

The steel roof girders are now being installed at Reston. The heavy crane that was assembling the platform is now gone.

This morning there was a meeting of the BOD of MWAA, and there was a status powerpoint posted: http://www.mwaa.com/sites/default/files/BOD/2017-04/tab_5_dulles_corridor_metrorail_project_-_phase_2._package_a_-_quarterly_update.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Other misc m...

They show an "Operational Readiness Date" of late 2019. "Operational readiness" doesn't mean that the line will be open. Wasn't there several months between "operational readiness" and service launch on phase one? Correct. For phase 1, substantial completion was achiev...

Funny thing, I don't recall when I learned when that it would be pushed into 2020. Hell I have may seen the story before and forgot when it was reported. That seems like sloppy reporting and/or headline writing. From the article you linked: News that rail project’s second phase is 13 months behind ...