We're Stuck In An Elevator

Our train reached Rockville around 2:30, about two hours late. We waited for the train to pull out, then crossed the tracks and took the elevator to street level. Except that we never arrived!

** Continued **
[It's difficult to edit weblog posts from my phone, although it's fairly easy to create them, at least picture-based posts. But now that we're home and I'm at my computer, I can finish the tale for you.]

We were stuck in that elevator for something close to 45 minutes, the four of us and the Indian lady in the picture above. Some CSX workers who had been installing or repairing the pedestrian crossing signals on the platform finally walked by, and started trying to get us out. In the elevator was a call button, and we had used it early on to call for help, but the repairman they sent didn't arrive for quite some time. Finally one of the CSX workers phoned the fire brigade, and they and the Amtrak/MARC repairman arrived at almost the same time.

So we're out now, grateful for fresh air and comfortable places to sit.