The D.C. Metro's Big 50

(Some of) the people who make things work

Last Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the D.C. Metro. It began in the city of Washington, D.C.:

It all began on March 27, 1976, with the first Metro Rail trips carrying customers on the 4.6 miles of Red Line between Rhode Island Avenue and Farragut North.

Those stations are both in D.C. proper. But the system now extends far out into suburbia. In Vir…