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Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident

Just before 1:00 PM on November 3, 2004, an out-of-service train of Rohr cars collided with a revenue train of Breda 4000-series cars. According to the NTSB report, the accident was caused by a train operator asleep on the job. Due to the operator's inattentiveness, the train rolled backwards down the grade, back into the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station, colliding with the in-service Breda train while it was servicing the station. No one was killed, and twenty were injured.

Breda 4018 was the lead car of the Breda consist that was servicing the station. The telescoped Rohr car is 1077. Rohr 1077 was damaged beyond repair in the accident, while Breda 4018 was repaired and returned to service.


		Vehicle: Breda 4019 Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Cab end of Breda 4019, which is the mate to Breda 4018. This car made it out unscathed.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top), Breda 4018 (middle), Breda 4019 (bottom) Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: View from the station mezzanine over the outbound tracks showing the telescoped Rohr train.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top), Breda 4018 (middle), Breda 4019 (bottom) Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Overview of the station. A blue tarp separates the accident area from the rest of the station, where eight-car Red Line trains were single-tracking.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top), Breda 4018 (middle), Breda 4019 (bottom) Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Close-up of the telescoped Rohr car as seen from the mezzanine. The panel in front of the Rohr car is the car's roof.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top right), Breda 4018 (middle right), Breda 4019 (bottom right) Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: An outbound train leaves the station on the inbound track - the only track in service at this time.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top), Breda 4018 (middle), Breda 4019 (bottom) Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: View from the side of the mezzanine opposite the accident, showing how the Rohr is actually straddled over the Breda.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top right), Breda 4018 (middle right), Breda 4019 (bottom right), Breda 3000-Series (left) Service: WMATA Red Line Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Overview of the station from the mezzanine. An outbound train is departing on the inbound track.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 (top), Breda 4018 (middle), Breda 4019 (bottom) Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: View from the escalator of the accident trains. The Breda train, which was in service prior to the accident, was correctly positioned for a six-car stop in the station.

		Vehicle: Breda 3000-Series (right), Rohr 1077 (left, in the air) Service: WMATA Red Line Location: Woodley Park Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: An eight-car Breda train services the station. This was the view seen by people upon arriving at Woodley Park-Zoo the day after the accident, with the large tarp shielding the accident from view, and the Rohr car plainly visible above it.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: The obliterated cab end of Rohr 1077. Note that the train is simply not there beyond the first set of doors. Additionally, note that the dislodged flip-dot sign reads "SILVER SPRING". I find that to be an oddity, as trains out of service normally say "NO PASSENGERS". Additionally, this train was moving towards Shady Grove, away from Silver Spring.

		Location: Woodley Park Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Far outbound end of the station following the accident. Note the tarp between the pylons.

		Location: Woodley Park Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-04 Comments: Overview of the platform looking inbound. The headlights of a train arriving can be seen in the distance. Single-tracking due to the 2004 accident required outbound trains to service the station from the inbound track.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 Location: Brentwood Yard Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2004-11-24 Comments: Rohr 1077 at Brentwood Yard three weeks after the accident.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1076 (left), Rohr 1077 (right) Location: Brentwood Yard Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2005-03-16 Comments: Rohr 1076 and 1077 were later moved to a track at the back of Brentwood Yard under the inbound Red Line track. Much of 1077 is covered to protect it, as a number of the windows are missing, as are the first several feet of the car.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 Location: Brentwood Yard Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2005-10-12 Comments: By October 2005, 1077 and 1076 had been separated. Here, 1077 sits near a maintenance buiilding.

		Vehicle: Rohr 1077 Location: Brentwood Yard Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2005-10-12 Comments: By October 2005, 1077 and 1076 had been separated. Here, 1077 sits near a maintenance buiilding.

		Location: Brentwood Yard Category: Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Accident Date: 2006-01-04 Comments: Later, 1077 and 1076 were sitting on a track in the back of Brentwood Yard facing cab-end-to-cab-end, opposite the normal configuration.

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