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Commuter hell: Stuck on a train outside Yawkey station for 1 1/2 hours

Brandon Merritt reports from a Worcester Line train stuck about 2,000 feet past Yawkey. There's a switching problem of some sort that requires some guy from CSX to come in and fix it - which he finally started doing 90 minutes after the train stopped. Some people are abandoning the train and walking down the tracks because the train crew won't back the train up to the station. The smokers on the train are lighting up. The toilet is disgusting. And the only video he has on his iPhone is a Nick Jr. show.

UPDATE AT 8:37 P.M. Merritt tweets his train, the 6:35 local, has started to move, slowly - as has the 6:15 express in front of his train.