Hey, there! Log in / Register
Riders injured when Green Line trolley derails near Lechmere
By adamg on Tue, 10/01/2024 - 5:33pm
Not supposed to bend that way: Alexander Taylor was on the Community Path just after the derailment.
The Cambridge Fire Department reports several people suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a trolley came off the tracks near 10 Morgan Ave.
Neighborhoods:
Topics:
Free tagging:
Ad:
Support Universal Hub
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
Comments
On the viaduct???
Looks like the trail derailed on the elevated viaduct. The edges of which appears to only be cordoned off by chain link and maybe a 1 foot high concrete curb. That definitely could have been a whole lot worse.
Destination sign says "Union"
Destination sign says "Union" but front of train went over switch heading to Medford/Tufts and the center set of wheels started heading toward Union.
Seems like either defective switch or "operator error"
Over the rail - not likely without great speed
Not defending the T - at all - on this, but if you look at how much space (and other track) is between this trolley and the railing I will venture to guess that it would have taken a tremendous speed to have gone over the edge. You can't see it from this image but it's there.
The T dodged a disaster
We all know that the minister of propaganda at the T will call this a minor derailment with minor injuries. A few more feet and this would have been a major disaster with dozens of passengers plunging off the viaduct to the street below.
Biked past this
on the way home from work at 5:10 p.m. Saw multiple emergency service vehicles parked nearby, and many T officials and police up by the train. Didn't see any injured people; hopefully they had already been evacuated.
New MBTA
Meet the old MBTA.
And I will note that we don't know what caused the derailment, but it would be nice if we weren't known for excessive derailments.