http://tinyurl.com/zcaxsqf

>Metro workers were joined along miles of underground tracks by electrical engineers from Amtrak and other commuter rail systems...workers repaired at least 26 cables that were damaged.

Wonder what other sort of repairs they were able to get done during this shutdown, if any. 117 miles of double-track, not including various connector shortcuts at junctions.

Also:

>try to post link in link field
>"too many characters in text field"
>go back and put link in comment field
>"anti-spam filter triggered"

BITCH

onto the next crisis already:
https://www.arlnow.com/2016/03/17/metro-train-evacuated-at-rosslyn-due-to-smoke/

>Smoke in our metro car #1110

>There was no ‘evacuation.’ The train was offloaded due to a brake issue… The train was taken out of service and the customers were able to board the next train.

the 7000s are a few years late while the 1000-series cars are still running well past their useful shelf life.

Looks like it only gets worse from here for the residents of DC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/2016/03/30/fba8ae0a-f688-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html