NTSB: Train running no more than 19 mph when it totaled rail cars

A Metro train was traveling no more than 19 mph when it crashed into a stopped train in a rail yard and destroyed at least three rail cars, according to newly released federal documents. The cars that sustained the most damage in the November 2009 crash were all the same model, the Rohr 1000 Series. They were sandwiched in the middle of the trains, highlighting again the vulnerability of Metro’s oldest rail cars during a crash even when buffered from the brunt of the impact and traveling at slow speeds.