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 #994337  by ryanbytes
 
The other night I noticed a northbound Red line train stopped at a signal at Wellington with a signal indicating red-red-lunar. I've never seen a lunar indication on an L signal before. Any ideas on what the lunar indication is for?
 #994431  by doepack
 
Sounded like that could have been a situation where a track trip manual release had to be performed, as described here...