I haven't seen this pic before, but the WMSC 2019 annual report has a gorgeous pic of #wmata railcar 7000 in front of the iconic main Dulles airport terminal. 
Chair Hart is v timely, the WMSC meeting kicked off exactly at 12:30. #wmata
Mayer: #wmata management replied with a "promising" letter regarding efforts to fix issues in the ROCC, but WMSC has continued and ongoing concerns.
Mayer: #wmata HQ fire was electrical in nature, investigation ongoing to the source, but says it was ruled accidental.
The ROCC is low enough in the #wmata HQ building it was unaffected by the top floor fire.
Dr. Mayer announcing some staffing changes. Here is WMSC's latest list from its 2019 annual operations report. #wmata
Samarasinghe: there likely would have been serious injuries if passengers were onboard either of these trains. #wmata
WMSC now presenting details surrounding last October's collision. The striking train accelerated 5 times, and the train automatically braked (ATP). #wmata
The #wmata train operator of train 700 did not immediately report they hit a train ahead of them, and the ROCC did not immediately identify a brief 3rd rail disruption (which likely was caused by the collision)
The #wmata rail supervisor first on scene noted blocked emergency egress doors; WMSC notes those doors wouldn't have been available in an emergency.
Anticlimber installation on #wmata railcars was an NTSB directive which came out of a 2004 incident in which a Red Line train rolled back into another.
Six totaled railcars. #wmata
The operator of the striking train was involved in a derailment in 2013, and a red signal violation in 2011. #wmata
Bruce Walker: #wmata fired the train operator and will not allow them to be re-hired.
Mayer ties the use of "stop and proceed" in #wmata to 2009 and the change from ATO mode to manual mode. It's easier in manual mode for operators to move trains with Zero Speed Commands than in ATO.
Hart asks about disciplinary measures. Walker responds with a brief answer (it's complicated) since it involves Union rules and arbitrated policies which govern what actions are applied. #wmata
The IT worker tripped and fell around 2:35 am, but kept on working with a broken ankle (!). #wmata
Today's 3rd investigation report involving a derailed hi-rail unit at Brentwood Yard: #wmata
The operator of the train which ran into the back of another last October was suspended three times, but was still working at the agency.
* 2011: 12 days, red signal violation
* 2015: 3 days, failure to report a station overrun
* 2015: 3 days, talking w/cab door open
#wmata
* 2011: 12 days, red signal violation
* 2015: 3 days, failure to report a station overrun
* 2015: 3 days, talking w/cab door open
#wmata
#wmata partial damage from the Oct 2019 train collision.
Important to note that these safety investigation reports are written by the #wmata safety department, given to WMSC for review. If Metro doesn't call out an issue in its initial report, it's possible WMSC won't know to have it included.
As WMSC tweeted earlier, here's the full report from the 7 October 2019 collision of two non-revenue trains. wmsc.gov/wp-content/upl… #wmata
With today's new info that six 3000-series railcars have been scrapped after the 7 Oct 2019 collision, here's my latest table tracking the entire #wmata rail fleet.
