Silver Line test train hits objects in path

Test trains for Metro’s Silver Line hit objects along the new track beds that weren’t supposed to be there, though rail officials say the construction is going smoothly and the first phase of the line is still set to open at the end of the year.

A test train outfitted with fingerlike extensions along its surface twice traveled the length of the first Silver Line phase — from East Falls Church to Reston and back — and in both of those tests the train’s extensions hit objects installed too close to the tracks.