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As pointed out in comments, it looks like we did indeed speak too soon. Lena Sun reports:

The vacuum truck that derailed this morning and caused major delays has derailed again. That means riders between Ballston and West Falls Church can expect delays this afternoon, officials said.

The second derailment occurred at 1:56 p.m., just 10 minutes after the morning situation had cleared, spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said. Trains will be sharing a sincle [sic] track between East Falls Church and West Falls Church until personnel can get the truck back on the tracks.

And here’s the notice from WMATA: “Disruption at East Falls Church. Orange Line trains are sharing the same track between East Falls Church and West Falls Church stations due to emergency track work. Expect delays in both directions. Expected duration up to 2 hours.”

Despite this 2-hour estimate, we’d recommend hunkering down for a happy hour, Orange line riders. We know you know how to handle bad delays, based on previous experience.