How does a subway train just tip over?
By adamg - Fri, 10/05/2007 - 2:29pm.
A not-flirty-enough Bostonist correspondent was only able to elicit "a car tipped over" from a T inspector as an explanation for this morning's Orange Line meltdown. A friend who actually knows something about trains IMed me:
WTF Bostonist? How does a train TIP OVER in a station?
Oh, well, there are several explanations:
- Late at night, Wentworth students like to sneak into the tunnels and TIP TRAIN CARS OVER and then scamper away laughing.
- T workers should know Orange Line trains can't handle their liquor.
- The car was drag racing an early-morning commuter train out of South Station and hit Deadman's Curve.
What other explanations could there possibly be?
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According to some guy on
According to some guy on railroad.net:
"The rail grinder derailed South at Chinatown taking several ft of 3rd rail down this am. Reg svc at 9:30am"
That jives
Early reports had it being a stuck service vehicle, which didn't make much sense given the length of the delay. Then it was a derailed train, which didn't make much sense given the timing of the delay. But a derailed service vehicle solves both problems.
Though I do wonder how this happened, the real problem is with the MBTA response. As always, it seems. Its not that mistakes happen, its that the MBTA never seems to learn how to respond to them.
In Bahston, it's easy
"Car tipping" and "cow tipping" sound much the same if you have a Boston accent.