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I've looked multiple times and have no clue. The phone # leads to WMATA PD.

I'm beginning to think it's a placebo..

Re: Crossovers & recovered track

 by farecard ¦  Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:06 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Crossovers & recovered track ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 880

The schematic is deceiving because it is not to scale. The crossover north of Wheaton is immediately adjacent to the station. The crossover south of Glenmont is immediately adjacent to the station and is used the relay trains at the Glenmont terminal station. The centers of the two crossovers are 2...

Crossovers & recovered track

 by farecard ¦  Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:02 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Crossovers & recovered track ¦  Replies: 3 ¦  Views: 880

SandBoxJohn's track schematic shows two crossovers between Wheaton and Glenmont. What was the rationale for that? At a "Meet your Line Manager" event a year+ ago, an employee mentioned they were going to reconnect the now-abandoned original Track-1 segment adjacent to New York Ave. and use...

Motor [upgrade] status

 by farecard ¦  Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:53 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: Motor [upgrade] status ¦  Replies: 16 ¦  Views: 2785

How many DC-motored cars are left in the system?

I think all Rohr's were converted to AC with VFD's years ago.

And some of 2000/3000's were as well. But are all now AC or not? Weren't some chopper-controlled?

Are any work trains DC...?

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