by SchuminWeb
I was involved in a situation on Metro today relating to a sick passenger at New York Avenue on my commute back to Glenmont tonight. I was on the train immediately behind the incident train in the first car, which meant that most of what we did was hang out. After a few "we will be moving momentarily" announcements, and then an announcement that we would be trying to move around the incident, the operator made a dash to the other end of the train, and then a few minutes later, casually walked back up to the head car again, before we finally proceeded through New York Avenue on the correct track.
What surprised me, though, was when we got to Glenmont and I asked the operator why he ran back to the rear of the train. He said that they were going to have him go back to Judiciary Square to switch over to track 2 (mind you, our train was within sight of NY Avenue station) to single-track around the incident, and that they don't use the switch south of New York Avenue because it's an old switch, and they don't want to risk a derailment.
Isn't that switch between Union Station and New York Avenue the one that was relocated as part of the construction of New York Avenue in 2004, making that particular crossover only four years old?
What surprised me, though, was when we got to Glenmont and I asked the operator why he ran back to the rear of the train. He said that they were going to have him go back to Judiciary Square to switch over to track 2 (mind you, our train was within sight of NY Avenue station) to single-track around the incident, and that they don't use the switch south of New York Avenue because it's an old switch, and they don't want to risk a derailment.
Isn't that switch between Union Station and New York Avenue the one that was relocated as part of the construction of New York Avenue in 2004, making that particular crossover only four years old?
Ben Schumin
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