Article: T gets fed signal-failure alert.(News)

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The Boston Herald
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September 24, 2009
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Byline: LAURA CRIMALDI and COLNETH SMILEY

After a federal equipment-failure alert stemming from the investigation into the deadly Washington D.C. Metro crash, the MBTA will test similar equipment on its Red and Orange lines.

National Transportation Safety Board officials yesterday recommended that all transit lines that use the same company's crash-avoidance system check make sure the signals work properly.

"We have contacted the manufacturer and we are talking to them about getting the proper procedures from testing the modules," said T spokesman Joe Pesaturo.

Like the Metro, the T uses safety modules made by New York-based Alstom ...

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