Another pseudo-victory last night for the monorail haters. In something of an “I told you so” moment, regarding the city’s competence to run an elevated transit system, there was a collision between two trains on the short World’s Fair relic line that connects Westlake to Seattle Center:

The two trains scraped against each another, ripping a door off in the process, on the elevated tracks near Fifth Avenue and Olive Way . . . One train was apparently just pulling into the Westlake Center station and the other departing toward Seattle Center when the sides of the trains hit. At least one of the drivers waved at the other and a horn was honked just as the accident occurred. [seattletimes]

Aside from two minor injuries and a fun-deficit for holiday riders who will not have the joy of the ninety second retro-futuristic trip, the carnage from the accident has been minor. Despite its path crossing under the wreckage, the Seattle Marathon apparently went off without any problems [usat].