Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

What the heck was going on with the metro this morning? That would be the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. There was the smell of burnt wires and smoke in both stations I was in this morning. Did a fuse blow? Did some of the lights blow? What the heck caught fire that there was smoke hovering in the tunnel and left an acrid taste in the back of my throat??

Speaking of the metro what the heck is the deal with trains stopping short? Are the drivers trying to perfect the art of stopping so that the last car is just barely inside the station? Are there hidden cameras in the first couple of cars and the employees are laughing themselves silly at the human sardines? Or do they just like to see people at the front end of the station come running back to the train?