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Green Line trolley roof catches fire at Haymarket
By adamg on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 5:59pm
MBTA workers managed to snuff out the fire (another photo) before it got too large - and just as Boston firefighters were arriving - around 5:55 p.m., but they also had to shut off the power as a precaution.
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Fire happened closer to
5:40, as multiple trains were terminated at Park Street between 5:45 and just before 6. Power was restored eastbound - went through Haymarket about 6:05. Dead westbound car still in station with about a dozen BFD folks on hand.
And naturally, not a word about the problem to people dumped off of trains at Park.S
Packards Corner now, as well
Train just taken out of service there due to smoke.
Can't wait
for 2024!
Thanks BFD
One of the days the T'S luck will run out and we will have a major disaster underground, Is this anyway to run a railroad
Muthah of Gawd
Jesus, Mary, St. Joseph and all the saints! When will it end?
When the NTSB and OSHA shut
When the NTSB and OSHA shut down the system for safety issues and federal indictments are announced for management and union officials.
The problem is that
while the NTSB can make recommendations, they have no legal authority to enforce them. Look at what happened with Washington Metro. The NTSB had been making recommendations regarding replacing failing track sensors and the older less crashworthy equipment for years, only to fall on deaf ears with WMATA management. Then came the crash at Fort Totten station, which could have been avoided had the earlier NTSB recommendations been complied with.
That having been said, it doesn't necessarily take a major crash to get the NTSB involved. If a series of problems potentially affecting safety can be demonstrated, the NTSB can conduct what is called a "special safety audit". However, because all NTSB investigations, other than review of any and all aircraft accidents - which are mandated, are conducted at the discretion of the agency (this is for budgetary reasons), requests for special safety audits are generally initiated from the Congressional deligation representing the area the agency under review operates in.