Duane de Four reports that when he saw something and said something yesterday morning, the T did nothing:
Learned today that if a fight breaks out on the train and you hit the emergency button the MBTA Doesn't do SHIT! How's that for security? ... It was the Red Line around JFK all the way to Downtown Crossing... Dude tried to fight the whole car.
Channel 4 reports a man suffered head injuries when he fell into the subway "pit" at the Broadway stop on the Red Line last night. Like that lady on the Orange Line, authorities believe the guy was under the influence.
Acidgalore details her attempt to get from Davis Square to a Yo La Tengo show at the Wilbur Theatre. If they ever do a remake "The Out of Towners" in Boston (hey, it could happen now that we're Hollywood East), they should hire her as a consultant (don't worry, she did make it).
It's a wonder Dan Tobin was able to keep his hands from shaking long enough to take this photo.
Whalehead King posts what he says is an exclusive photo for a dramatic new design for where the Red Line crosses Dot. Ave.
That Kind of Girl provides a first-person account of yesterday's pantsless ride:
Signal troubles on the Green Line downtown, dead train at Eliot, roadway problems on the 5 Silver Line, dead train somewhere on the Red Line between JFK/UMass and Park Street, but at least the Orange and Blue lines are running OK.
Laura Vogel reports:
New record: door (North End) to door (Kendall Sq) travel time is 51 mins due to Red Line "delays." To be fair, it IS 2.6 miles.
Videos: Guys take their pants off on the Red Line today - because they can.
Sunday's the day for people to doff pants on the Red Line, starting at noon at Alewife.
But the Herald reports Brookline police hope to get a leg up on a pantsless guy who asked a couple of girls for directions yesterday.
That would be Anna B., who explains why, after her January CharlieCard runs out, she'll be driving to work.
John Pepper, who took this video, reports he so enjoyed the show - "best Red Line ride in a decade" - he tipped them $20.
Reports are coming in of a guy on the Red Line tracks at South Station. Climbed back up OK, was promptly pinned to the ground by a T inspector to await police, Marq tweets.
Boston Police tweet on the accident early this afternoon. MBTA spokeswoman Lydia Rivera says an inspector came in contact with an exposed wire and was shocked, never lost consciousness and was taken to Boston Medical Center with a non-life threatening injury.
The MBTA's chief technology officer is apologizing for delayed notices about yesterday's Red Line derailment. In e-mail to people who wrote to complain, Gary Foster says the service-alert system failed "just minutes before the incident on the Red Line" and wasn't brought back up until 5:22 p.m., or more than an hour after the Red Line came to a halt.
His e-mail follows:
So workers can fix the tracks, the T advises. Regular service is scheduled to start bright and early on Jan. 4.
UPDATE: At 9:45 a.m., the T's Joe Pesaturo reported no delays - at least, according to a reporter who got his e-mail after having been stuck in a tunnel for 10 minutes near Porter.
OK, maybe not yet. But after yesterday's derailment at Alewife comes word this morning that the Red Line's lost power between JFK and North Quincy.
A Red Line train derailed about 200 yards from Alewife station shortly after 4 p.m. today.
Channel 4 tweets no reported injuries, adds 65 people were on the train. Rick Nohl reports the train jumped the tracks about 200 yards from Alewife and that fire and MBTA crews on the scene were evacuating passengers to the station. He adds two cars of a six-car train came off the tracks.
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