Keeping BART running is far from easy. Mechanics rely on frankensteined laptops operating Windows 98, train yard scraps, and vintage computer chips.
among transit design aficionados. The sloped nose was built for a futuristic effect but had little practical purpose and even prevented the trains from switching interchangeably with flat-faced vehicles. Irrespective of functionality, the shape became BART’s “identity,” said Healy.
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 9: The BART train that was derailed last June in Concord is no longer in service and is salvage to repair other cars at the BART maintenance yard in Concord, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. and it now lives at the Concord maintenance yard, scorching under the most recent heat wave. “It’ll go to Schnitzer Steel in Oakland and get crushed,” said Allison.
“The window is kind of bowed out, like a bubble,” said Scott Fitzgerald, a manager at the Concord yard, adding that they have just one spare left. “I don’t know how many attempts the glassmaker has tried to get that arc correctly.” For her, the trains always had an air of discovery on trips from Oakland to San Francisco. But Edward’s connection to BART also parallels many passengers’ love-hate relationship with the system as the dated trains struggle with cleanliness, delays and notoriously failing air conditioners.
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