Confirming @TunnelRatDC, the Glenmont terminal supervisor confirmed a pullapart of a train at 1:02pm.
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The #wmata Glenmont terminal supervisor reported this as a train pull-apart in/near the interlocking at Glenmont. Expect no rail service north of Wheaton for several hours.
https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1331301380250869762
A 6000-series railcar previously separated last month outside Union Station. #wmata, at the time, pulled all 6000-series cars to perform inspections, and found several additional concerns then. My story from that incident: ggwash.org/view/79397/pot…
Today's Red Line pullapart is more similar to October's than the 2018 Silver Line incident. Today's appears to have occurred between two non-married cars (6150, 6177), rather than between a married pair.
https://twitter.com/MetrorailSafety/status/1318593261963980801#wmata
wmata.com is blaming the fire department for the current Glenmont service suspension which is due to a Red Line train pullapart 
Given initial dispatch time of 1:08pm, all 12 passengers appear to have been assisted off both halves of the disabled train in about 69 minutes (73 minutes after incident began). Times here are estimates.
https://twitter.com/mcfrsPIO/status/1331322113463029762#wmata
#wmata Red Line rail service remains suspended between Glenmont and Forest Glen due to a 6000-series undesired uncoupling outside Glenmont. Metrobus and Ride On are two possible alternates.
Two #wmata employees have been on this non-revenue train outside Glenmont for 2.5 hours now, waiting for power on the outbound track to come up so they can move.
Service on the #wmata Red Line remains severely impacted due to the earlier train separation outside Glenmont. With Glenmont yard currently cut off, there are fewer trains available for service.
#wmata has been bring over trains from the Orange/Silver/Blue lines to make up for this reduction on the Red line, but I expect there may still be gaps for evening rush service.
https://twitter.com/justingeorge/status/1331346973849513992
6000-series railcars, just pulled from service by #wmata, make up about 14% of the active rail fleet. Metro has ~1280 cars total (748 7Ks) and uses about 900 daily for service.
#wmata has begun moving the lead quad of the incident train, labeled here as 709, towards Brentwood Yard. The trailing quad of four cars will be the next to move.
Re-classifying today's incident as a pullapart instead of an undesired uncoupling, based on new evidence. Story coming to GGWash (probably) tomorrow.
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My latest: Metro pulls its 6000-series railcars from service after another train comes apart
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ggwash.org/view/79712/met…
#wmata
ggwash.org/view/79712/met…
This diagram shows a coupler head used on the #wmata 6000-series trains. Each railcar has one of these, and they're used to hook up to other railcars to make trains. The front of this is what detached from a car yesterday @ Glenmont.
More: ggwash.org/view/79712/met…
More: ggwash.org/view/79712/met…
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