Flashing signals

11:20: Full stop seconds after leaving 34th St Herald Square on a Brooklyn bound B.

Engineer to center: “The signals ahead of me turned to green back to red, back to green.”

“All the signals now are clear.”

“Number 5092 proceeding with caution.”

We start rolling again, slowly.

11:22: See flashlight ahead. We pull up to a lone MTA guy on the service platform along the track. Engineer stops to talk to him. Can’t hear their conversation but engineer mentions he reported the incident.

Engineer radios: “I passed some signal maintainers by the automatic signal… All clear.”

We are still proceeding with caution. I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of a horriffic beast.

11:25 Back to full speed.