runaway train

After a series of runaway train incidents, the MBTA is being ordered to stop any worker who hasn’t attended a safety briefing from moving its train cars in yards or shops. The safety stand-down is being required by the Federal Transit Administration to go into effect after midnight Saturday. In a letter to the MBTA dated Thursday, the agency...

Video obtained by the NBC10 Investigators shows a runaway Red Line train rolling through an MBTA station in Braintree, Massachusetts, with no passengers on board and no operator at the helm. The train eventually came to a stop on its own after traveling roughly a half mile. According to the MBTA, the May 30 incident began when two subway employees…

The NBC10 Investigators obtained video of the May 30 incident, when four Red Line cars detached in a rail yard and rolled backward through the Braintree station before eventually coming to a stop after traveling a half mile.