Firefighters rushed to the scene to rescue the child after the father realized his error.

WMATA recently issued an alert that trains between the Silver Spring and Wheaton stations on the Red Line are currently single tracking after what was reported to be a “fire aboard a train” at Forest Glen. WTOP’s Adam Tuss reports that the situation was the result of some smoking brakes on a train sitting inside the station. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported. Trains are running through Forest Glen, but currently not stopping at the…

Metro says it discovered a cracked rail outside the Forest Glen station earlier today. The rail in question is on the Shady Grove-bound side, and delays resulted in both directions on the Red Line as trains were forced to single-track around the problem area for a couple of hours. Since then, however, crews have installed a brace on the cracked rail as a temporary fix, and Metro says riders should expect only minor delays during…