At 6:40 a.m., the MBTA tweeted:
Red Line experiencing northbound delays of up to 15 minutes due to a
That was it, that was the whole tweet.
Which, of course, got some people wondering just how to finish that thought:
Medical emergency, signal problem, disabled train, police action, uh… whaat else is it usually uh..oh yeah, fire
— mbta.is.garbage (@suckerboys) July 22, 2022
raging group of 7 year old karate students hopped up on mountain dew, who all fell onto the tracks, narrowly missing the electrifed 3rd rail.
— Kuromi Bunny in Boston (@KuromiBunnyGirl) July 22, 2022
heat buckling of the tracks as a result of completely unprecedented and unexpected prolonged 95 degree weather, in spite of the fact that it *is* summer, after all. Happy Friday!!
— Stella (@MyaB9782) July 22, 2022
a wood stick on the tracks? Antiquated equipment? It's too hot? It's too cold?
— Tom Wheell (@TomWheell) July 22, 2022
@FixTheMBTAnow choose your own adventure! I'm gonna go with "unintentional coupling"
— Travis (@tmorrow143) July 22, 2022
Gremlins again? pic.twitter.com/8TcWSQq1tO
— Andrew Burke (@AndrewBurke12) July 22, 2022
Lack of hustle
— Steve (@doggosteve) July 22, 2022
I love this game!!
Bees?
— Neil Cash (@HowNeilFeels) July 22, 2022
I love this game!!
Bees?
— Neil Cash (@HowNeilFeels) July 22, 2022
Due to a thing that makes the other thing not work… you know what I am talking about, right?
— Chris (@cbisme15) July 22, 2022
...due to a catastrophic failure of infrastructure management and an unwillingness to invest in Boston being a top tier metropolis
— Carrie Cole (@carriecole09) July 22, 2022
Bigfoot Sighting
— J-MAC (@jmac3300) July 22, 2022
…massive amount of random freshmen college kids standing around mispronouncing Copley & looking for a bubble tea place & generally being in the way of everyone who knows where they’re going.
— Totalblamblam (@Totalblamblamm) July 22, 2022
— Cara02152 (@Clee02128) July 22, 2022
Could we at least get multiple choice?
— jeff connelly (@jeffconnelly32) July 22, 2022
dumpster fire
— colin alsheimer (@colinize) July 22, 2022
…decades of mismanagement.
— Jenni Dinger (@jendinger) July 22, 2022
…Governor who just doesn’t care.
— Definitely not Bill. Probably his lawyer. (@Bill_Nobles) July 22, 2022
More than an hour later, the T gave the correct answer:
Red Line experiencing northbound delays of up to 15 minutes due to a disabled train approaching Quincy Adams.
— MBTA (@MBTA) July 22, 2022
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These are the times I almost miss Twitter…
By MassMouse
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 10:17am
BRAVO!
And what was wrong with the disabled train this time?
By jmeltzer
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 10:24am
Fire? Explosion? Runaway? Derailment? Hit another train? Broken emergency exit? Broken PA system? Hit a frog?
As a point of information,
By roadman
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 10:50am
one of the component pieces of a track switch - specifically, the part where one rail intersects the other one - is referred to as a frog.
So a dragging or loose piece of underbody equipment could indeed disable a train by hitting a frog.
OMG.
By jmeltzer
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 11:12am
I hadn't thought of "frog" being used that way since model train days as a kid.
You are exactly right. The MBTA _could_ say that.
And this is why I love UH.
Be my guest if you think you
By Moondance
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 11:59pm
Be my guest if you think you can do better with the equipment available to you
Can we spend some of the
By anon
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 10:37am
Can we spend some of the federal money on a pilot to teach mbta about times other than 15 minutes
I'd settle for being able to spend some of the Federal money
By roadman
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 11:38am
on routine maintenance and repair, instead of waiting for things to deterioriate to the point where large capital replacement projects are necessary.
Mass.gov Fake Tweet@MassGovt·
By Dave
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 10:39am
Standard Answer
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 11:57am
Standard answer is always due to a Charlie Baker.
This is his legacy - make him wear it.
Oh, and I think it may finally be time to put together an initiative petition limiting all elected representatives and executives to a T-pass and mileage reimbursement/parking at the nearest station. If they want to drive in to the Statehouse? They can pay for it - and market rate parking - like the rest of the working public does. Be worth it just to see the squirming and send a message.
Wet leaves
By Rob
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 3:39pm
Wet leaves
What is...
By jon_
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 8:23pm
...A wet leaves?
Red Line experiencing
By Rob
Fri, 07/22/2022 - 3:41pm
If it's approaching, is it really disabled or just out-of-service?
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