@Joey83812 They still can be to an extent. I remember riding one when there was a lot of rain one night on the stretch between Fort Totten and Tenleytown and it had me thinking "will this train ever stop?" The braking was very jerky that night.
The CAF trains were notorious for door problems in their early years. Now that they're 10 years old this year, they are considered the least reliable of all the AC cars in the system according to Metro. Only the 4000's are worse in reliability.
@tommyboy6181 Yeah, I've heard people calling for Metro to retire the 4k series. The equipment on the 4000s are extremely outdated and they need to be rehabilitated (e.g. the 2k and 3k series) as they are approaching the 20 year mark. In the 7k series procurement documents, the 4k series are said to be fully compatible with the 7k series after rehabilitation.
@PhillyFan20 I think it was on railroad.net where someone said that if they would stop running the 4000s in mixed consists all the time, they might have better reliability with those cars.
Yeah, this is what happens when the train operator can't get the doors closed due to people either holding the doors or otherwise getting in the way of the doors. And if the doors can't close, the train can't move.
BTW i do remember that happening when i was about 10. i was getting off the orange line at West Falls Church Sta. (my stop for where i live) and the doors wouldn't open.
actully, what from i know is that even when the trains doors are not closed, the train can be controlled to move. but the alarm to the doors will be turned on -on the operators cab -- and the train operator can lose her/his job thats why operators dotn wanna do that
0:44 The doors went herp-a-derp.
ziggyboi1995 1 month ago
By then CAF Trains were too scary and my parents let me wait for a Breda or a Rohr.
Joey83812 9 months ago
By then these CAF Trains were to scary!
Joey83812 10 months ago
@Joey83812 They still can be to an extent. I remember riding one when there was a lot of rain one night on the stretch between Fort Totten and Tenleytown and it had me thinking "will this train ever stop?" The braking was very jerky that night.
The CAF trains were notorious for door problems in their early years. Now that they're 10 years old this year, they are considered the least reliable of all the AC cars in the system according to Metro. Only the 4000's are worse in reliability.
tommyboy6181 8 months ago
@tommyboy6181 Yeah, I've heard people calling for Metro to retire the 4k series. The equipment on the 4000s are extremely outdated and they need to be rehabilitated (e.g. the 2k and 3k series) as they are approaching the 20 year mark. In the 7k series procurement documents, the 4k series are said to be fully compatible with the 7k series after rehabilitation.
PhillyFan20 8 months ago
@PhillyFan20 I think it was on railroad.net where someone said that if they would stop running the 4000s in mixed consists all the time, they might have better reliability with those cars.
schuminweb 8 months ago
I remember that they did that to me, since someone put something in front of the doors as a joke =\
twcman05 2 years ago
nyc subway r68 is better look it up on youtube
muz469 2 years ago
Take some new vids
Alfonzia18 3 years ago
That's weird.
bakepatient 4 years ago
I remember the metros when I was little. We always got on one to go see a Washington Capitals game.
SilentXKnight5204 4 years ago
LMAO!!! i never saw our metro do that
milestailsprower3 4 years ago
Yeah, this is what happens when the train operator can't get the doors closed due to people either holding the doors or otherwise getting in the way of the doors. And if the doors can't close, the train can't move.
schuminweb 4 years ago
what line was that on?
BTW i do remember that happening when i was about 10. i was getting off the orange line at West Falls Church Sta. (my stop for where i live) and the doors wouldn't open.
milestailsprower3 4 years ago
This particular train was on the Green Line at Gallery Pl-Chinatown.
schuminweb 4 years ago
actully, what from i know is that even when the trains doors are not closed, the train can be controlled to move. but the alarm to the doors will be turned on -on the operators cab -- and the train operator can lose her/his job thats why operators dotn wanna do that
narnia0100 2 years ago
Yeah, that's why trains have to be offloaded for door problems. You can override the doors, but you can't do it with passengers.
schuminweb 2 years ago