Roll Call -- Everyone ok after yesterday?

[coneyraven]

Oren,

I know you're a regular Red Liner .... just checkin in
Even though your home is on the other side....

Mark

[79MetroExtraMD]

I'm okay. I was on the Red Line 2 hours before it happened coming from Silver Spring.

[Antozilla]

I am here.  no red line for me.

[coneyraven]

I'm morbidly amused that my pic is one of a roll sign from a Rohr Car .... I hate to lose another one.

[Perry]

Oren is on his way to Israel, so he was nowhere near that segment.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

And needless to say, I was quite surprised when I logged in to check my email and found a ton of Metro Press Releases and other emails related to the accident.  I boarded my plane just after it happened, and there was no mention of it in the International Herald Tribune that I bought during my layover in Zurich just before 8 AM CET/2 AM Eastern, but I'm not sure when exactly they printed that newspaper.

[Antozilla]

and those on Metro alert were that last to know.

[WayneNYC]

I live on the Red Line too, but I haven't been on Metrorail in about two weeks.

[LandoverDivision]

I was on the train yesterday but luckily I was on the Blue Line. Good thing we didn't catch the train from Silver Spring to downtown. We caught the S9.

[Tristan]

On Sunday, I told my grandmother that there's more of a chance of something happening on the subway than in an airplane (she's afraid of flying).  On Monday, Metro had its most fatal accident in history.  I'm going to keep my mouth shut from now on.

[NewFlyer9736BCT]

On Sunday, I told my grandmother that there's more of a chance of something happening on the subway than in an airplane (she's afraid of flying).  On Monday, Metro had its most fatal accident in history.  I'm going to keep my mouth shut from now on.

lol please do...

i also live on the red line but i rarely go through the Silver Spring/Glenmont side of the line

[C40LF_2464]

I hope that has nothing to do with the crash Tristan. But anyways im fine. I was riding some trains today i saw like the first and second cars were empty with like 2 people in them and the rest were packed.

[coneyraven]

It's interesting what you said about the first two cars being empty -- that's what freaks me about about the whole thing ... in all likelihood -- in a situation like that, railfans are always in the front or back cars -- and in my case, that includes my children.

[LandoverDivision]

It's no big deal. I rode a Rohr car on the Red Line today and it was the first car. I think it was 1098 or something like that. Anyways, I ain't afraid. Stuff happens. Everyday you walk out you front door, you are taking a risk.

[WMATAGMOAGH]

Another theory for why the front cars seem empty is that all trains are stopping at the end of the platform, so people simply aren't standing where the front car is.