• June 2008 derailment: Car identity?

  • Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.
Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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  by SchuminWeb
 
Did anyone ever learn what the number was on the 2000-series car that derailed on the Orange Line back in June?
  by Sand Box John
 
WMATA press release on 06 09 2008 Orange line derailment.

WMATA Derailment Investigation report (586 KB PDF file)

Consist of train: 3185, 3184, 2000, 2001, 3200, 3201

The train derailed 1,355' west of the center of the Rosslyn platform on track K2. When the train stopped the derailed truck was 3,825' west of the center of the Rosslyn platform.