Posted on 01/13/2015 2:44:48 AM PST by Kartographer
An investigator Monday night said that it’ll be a long time before it’s known exactly what caused smoke to fill a Yellow Line train south of the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station Monday afternoon.
A woman died; dozens of people were taken to area hospital, including two in critical condition, and Metro service still hasn't been fully restored.
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Have to jutify all those hours and expenses.
Several things happened, including Affirmative Action and Unionization.
The biggest one though is lack of automation.
The full report may take longer, but their first report today has said that this was an “electrical arcing event” from some power cables running alongside of the tracks. There was also reportedly water on or alongside of the tracks. So it probably was just poor maintenance.
Over time, heavy current power cables heat up and can degrade. Even those packed in conduit, many cables are often worse and there are current degrading requirements based on # cables and diameter of the conduit. Rats love the covering insulation where they can get at it, too.
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