Washington Metro to be run manually

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The Washington Metro plans to inspect all of its automatic train signaling sensors following the fatal crash of two trains, the general manager said Thursday.

Investigators for the National Transportation Safety Board found "anomalies" during testing of one signaling circuit, The Washington Post reported. The circuit is near the Fort Totten station in Maryland where a moving train rear-ended a stationary train Monday, killing nine people.

Metro General Manager John B. Catoe Jr. told the board Thursday the system will be run manually until all 3,000 circuits have been inspected and all are "working perfectly."

The NTSB, in an update on the investigation Thursday, said it found evidence of hard braking on the moving train for about 125 feet before it struck the other train. Investigators have also been able to interview the operator of the stationary train, who said he was using manual mode Monday and had stopped at Fort Totten because there was a train ahead of him.

Nine data recorders from the stationary train were recovered and investigators found eight had captured the crash. The moving train had no data recorders.