(I'm told not to read too much into this; the switch to daily 7000-series inspections ran straight into lack of inspection staffing over the Christmas holiday; they'll be back in a couple days)
Still no 7000-series railcars running in service today. #WMATA
Looks like we've got a couple (~5) 7Ks back in service today after holidays interrupted inspections and #WMATA switched from weekly to daily wheel inspection intervals.
NEW: #WMATA says it has temporarily grounded the 7000-series fleet "while we revise the daily inspections process." Spox says there should be no impact on rail service.
The order seems to have come with little warning; 5 trains in service were offloaded around 2pm.
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BL/Franconia 404 is disabled at/outside Metro Center due to a brake pressure issue. It's possible the train may have hit an object on the roadway (purported to be a shopping cart) which could be the source of the issue. #WMATA
At 6:54pm, the operator of OR/Vienna train 901 reported smoke on or near the lead car of their train at Dunn Loring. The train was offloaded w/i 2 minutes of the initial report and FD was called w/i 3 minutes. #WMATA
Update/correx: while #WMATA radio reported that FD was called/en-route 3 minutes after the initial call, the FFX box alarm dispatch occurred 10 minutes after the initial smoke report at 7:04pm.
#wmata Red Line trains continue running every 12, Yellow/Green every 20, Orange/Silver/Blue every 30.
At the moment, per MetroHero there are 0 8-car trains operating on #wmata Metrorail. There were a couple last week on the Blue Line for events at Arlington Cemetery and a couple others floating around, but none today (at least not right now).
A #wmata rail supervisor is onboard, YL/Huntington train 301 (disabled south of L'Enfant). A railcar mechanic had been dispatched to meet the train at Pentagon, but it obviously isn't there yet.
Yellow Line update:
Disabled YL/Huntington train 301/701 is going to be coupled up to non-revenue train 820 from behind and either pulled back to L'Enfant or pushed to Pentagon so passengers can get off prior to the train being taken to a rail yard. #wmata