The T is investigating how a Red Line train managed to travel several miles from Braintree to the Neponset River without a driver at the controls.
Equipment tampering is one of the things investigators are looking at; trains aren't supposed to just move on their own volition, let alone travel several miles. The Herald reports the FBI is now on the case.
MassDOT reports:
At approximately 6:08 AM, an inbound Red Line train departed Braintree Station, without an operator.
The train made no station stops, proceeded north just past North Quincy Station, when MBTA Operations personnel de-powered the third rail, bringing the train to a complete stop.
T personnel boarded the train, and operated it north to JFK/UMass, where passengers were asked to exit the train on to the platform, so it could be taken out of service and examined. No passengers were injured.
MBTA General Manager Frank DePaola calls the incident "highly troubling" and says Transit Police are involved in the investigation.
The investigation includes a look into an initial report that a safety device within the train’s cab may have been tampered with. Investigators are interviewing witnesses and the train operator.
Red Line trains are equipped with a dead man's switch, which is supposed to stop a train should enough pressure not be applied to the speed controller, for example, if the driver suddenly collapses or is not present.
WFXT reports a passenger on the train noticed "something tied around the control panel."
Channel 7 interviews a passenger.
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Operator's bailin'
By roadman
Fri, 12/11/2015 - 11:56am
Braintree Train six-oh-two
Is runnin' unmanned
And headin' for you
Suspects
By Kaz
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 11:42am
Suspects are a white guy who can't jump and wearing a backwards Kangol cap and a black guy who looks like a vampire with a sword.
Who's running this state the
By CX
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 11:58am
Who's running this state the 3 stooges..
YES!
By bosguy22
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 12:08pm
I can't believe the Governor wasn't there to stop the runaway train. Clearly the Stooges are in charge.
Stooges
By BostonDog
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 12:25pm
It would be pretty awesome if Iggy Pop was a MA official.
Why Not Stephanie Pollack? She's Very Good At Stopping Trains
By Elmer
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 3:09pm
LOL
By cybah
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 12:56pm
Okay I even cackled at this.....
Though he has many train friends, Trump is calling for a ban on
By bulgingbuick
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 1:41pm
Red Line trains.
"I see the train gettin' on an open track
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 2:37pm
Well I'm a-hopin' it's gonna bring my baby back": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU8THJuEEiw
I can't believe
By ShaneCurcuru
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 2:57pm
We don't have more discussion about Charlie's ghost running away with the train! OK, OK, this is the red line, not really Charlie's line, but still... too spooky a situation to not ask where that extra nickel came from.
They're going to find this is a common occurrence
By Senor Smalls
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 3:13pm
What I bet the investigation is going to find is that this happens all the time. Due to the fact that there's just one operator, when certain types of problems happen, staff have resorted to jury rigging the controls while they fix the problem. It just that this one operator screwed up and did it wrong.
Today's story pretty clearly
By Rob
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 3:48pm
Today's story pretty clearly settles the question of what the paint scheme should be for trains on this line.
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...having pity on those of
By Rob
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 7:09pm
...having pity on those of you who have better things to do then ID old-time sports stars...
That's Red Grange - who was known as the Galloping Ghost and sometimes as the Galloping Red Ghost.
Maybe this guy could have
By kvn
Fri, 12/11/2015 - 8:25am
Maybe this guy could have stopped the train....
Top Ten Most Feared Tacklers: Dick "Night Train" Lane ...
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Excellent!
By Rob
Fri, 12/11/2015 - 8:58am
Excellent!
I know Night Train's son - I'll have to forward this to him!
Update
By adamg
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 4:34pm
Runaway train operator left train to deal with ongoing signal woes at Braintree; operator error primary focus of investigation, however.
Definitely wins the contest...
By JPMom
Thu, 12/10/2015 - 6:44pm
for the craziest T story ever!
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