About 1630, e.s.t., on January 13, 1982, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Blue/Orange Line train No. 410 derailed at the Smithsonian Interlocking on the 'downtown' subway line. While being operated manually, train No. 410 had been unintentionally routed into a crossover track at the interlocking. Without requiring a supervisor, who was at the location, or the train operator to ascertain that it was safe to do so, the WMATA Operations Control Center (OCC) allowed the supervisor to back the train out of the crossover track. As this was being done, the rear car derailed and struck the end of a reinforced concrete barrier wall separating the two main tracks in the subway tube. The aluminum sidewall of the car was severed and the main passenger compartment was breached. Of the approximately 220 passengers on the car, 3 were killed and 25 were injured. Damage to property was estimated to be $1,325,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the Metrorail Operations Control Center (OCC) to stop movement of trains through the Smithsonian Interlocking until it ascertained the nature of and corrected the switch misalignment; and the failure of the OCC over a 3-day period to note discrepancy reports concerning a wayside control failure in the Smithsonian Interlocking and to order repairs.


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    Titel :

    Railroad Accident Report - Derailment of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Train No. 410 at Smithsonian Interlocking, January 13, 1982


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1982


    Format / Umfang :

    106 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch