Wednesday, November 11, 2009

My Quest to Ride all 1,126 Metro Cars Begins

One day, I shared a Metro ride with fellow blogger MoCoLotion who pointed out that we were riding the first Metro car, #1000. With that ride, I began logging the cars I rode each way to and from work along the red line. I've compiled 40 cars that I rode since #1000 and will continue to do so until I forget to note the car number too often.

The momentous occasion demanded this cell phone picture.

So far I haven't had any repeats. It's not that surprising because the Metro system has 1,126 cars and will have a few hundred 7000 series models in the system in 2012. According to a recent press release, "There are 290 1000-series rail cars, 364 2000/3000-series rail cars, 100 4000-series rail cars, 188 5000-series rail cars and 184 6000-series rail cars."

I'll log future rides along the right panel of this blog where only the truly bored are welcome to follow along. For now, here are the trains that I've graced with my backside:
  1. 1000
  2. 1015
  3. 1032
  4. 1063
  5. 1064
  6. 1068
  7. 1101
  8. 1111
  9. 1143
  10. 1194
  11. 1195
  12. 1205
  13. 1246
  14. 1250
  15. 1271
  16. 3038
  17. 3075
  18. 3106
  19. 3107
  20. 3169
  21. 3196
  22. 3217
  23. 3221
  24. 3251
  25. 3255
  26. 3267
  27. 3270
  28. 3279
  29. 4001
  30. 4021
  31. 4031
  32. 4043
  33. 5056
  34. 5125
  35. 5147
  36. 6074
  37. 6102
  38. 6122
  39. 6136
  40. 6153
  41. 6182
******UPDATE*******

Six weeks after beginning my quest to ride all Metro cars, I finally had a repeat car, #3023.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you limit it to only your communite to work or do you count other trips as well?
Your
Mom

B and T Crowd said...

Just my trips to work for now. I think riding so much is making me even more neurotic.