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Metro train derails in Va. rail yard, damages tracks

By Max Smith

WASHINGTON — A derailment in a rail yard Thursday night caused moderate damage to the tracks and two railcars, a Metro spokesman said.

Metro is still looking into why two 6000 Series cars in the six-car train derailed in the Alexandria Rail Yard around 9:40 p.m.

Metro spokesman Richard Jordan said in an email that both cars remained upright and no one was hurt.

It did not directly impact passenger service.

It has been a troubling season for Metro as it works on its track repairs. On the same night as the derailment, debris fell at the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station — the second time in two days. It caused the station’s closure.

Metro fare evasion crackdown sparks police confrontation concerns

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Amid complaints that Metro’s fare evasion crackdown is leading to people being pinned to the ground or pepper-sprayed unnecessarily by police, Metro’s general manager said Thursday that the crackdown is necessary to ensure that other rules are followed and that Metro gets all of the funding it is entitled to. “The way WMATA treats its riders, particularly people of color, is unacceptable,” Brianna Musselman told the Metro Board Thursday. She recorded video of a man being pinned to the ground and pepper-sprayed by Metro police at the Gallery Place station in June, during an encounter that began when officers said the man tried to enter the rail system without paying.
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