Monitor group asked Metro about moving old rail cars before crash

Metro ignored requests to analyze whether to put its oldest rail cars in the middle of trains months before the deadly crash involving the “uncrashworthy” models, according to a letter from its oversight agency.

But now, the Tri-State Oversight Committee said, Metro has put the more than 30-year-old rail cars in the centers of trains in the wake of the June 22 crash without showing proof that it makes the trains any safer.