15 July 2009

DC Subway Controls Continue To Malfunction In Area Of Fatal Crash

Train Track Gremlins?

"It's a mystery as to what's going on here," Metro board chairman Jim Graham told lawmakers.

Not exactly words of comfort. The suspected cause of the deadly Metro crash last month was faulty computerized signaling equipment. Now we learn that the signaling equipment that is supposed to detect stopped Metro transit trains continues to fail in the same area on the track where nine people, including the operator of the train were killed.