[Scan-DC] Metro Emergency

[Blair Thompson]

If I had to guess, I'd say that was a brake rotor. 

Imagine you are waiting for a train at a station that has two platforms, outside the trracks, rather than one platform, between the tracks. When you see a train go by in the direction opposite the one in which you are headed, you can see the nice, shiny rotors down near the third rail.

Here you go:

http://dcist.com/attachments/dcist_sommer/2008_0109_newmetro1(2).jpg

---------- Original Message ----------
From: David Staples <dstaples at gwmail.gwu.edu>
To: Andrew Clegg <w4jecom at w4je.com>
Cc: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Metro Emergency
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:13:00 -0500

Apparently, from what limited information I can gather on the local news sites, a part of the brake system on the train ("friction ring?") fell offcausing the train to become disabled.

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