Marc Train

Here is the Morning MoJo Report for Tuesday, May 29: * As of 7 a.m., traffic was sluggish on I-270 southbound and I-495 westbound, but was running fine on all the other interstates throughout the area. * The Light Rail, the MARC Train, Commuter Buses, local bus services, the Metro Subway system and the Mobility service were all running on time and operating on their regular schedules, according to the Maryland Transit Administration website, mta.maryland.gov .   * The high today is expected to be 88 degrees with showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5 p.m., winds between 6 and 8 miles per hour, and an 80 percent chance of precipitation, according to the National Weather Service.

Washington County will likely watch from the sidelines Saturday and into Sunday as Hurricane Irene batters most of the East Coast, according to the National Weather Service. The county is outside of the predicted path of the storm but could experience some wind gusts up to 45 mph and some showers or thunderstorms, Trina Heiser, meteorology technician with the Sterling, Va. office, said Friday.   At midmorning Saturday, the weather service predicted a chance of showers for later in the day, with thunderstorms possible after 2 p.m. The Saturday night forecast called for possible showers or thunderstorms, with winds of 20 to 26 mph. The expected total rainfall Saturday ranges from six-tenths of an inch to an inch, with more possible in thunderstorms, the weather service said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Area lawmakers Monday unanimously agreed to send a letter to Gov. Joe Manchin, asking him to consider a new plan to help them stop a proposed reduction in MARC commuter train service in Berkeley and Jefferson counties. Train 883, the last to leave Washington's Union Station, would end at Brunswick, Md., instead of making its last stop in Martinsburg if the proposed reduction in service is put into effect next year, according to the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA)

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The Maryland Transit Administration's investigation of an accident Thursday that killed a Jefferson County, W.Va., teenager who was struck by a MARC train near Van Clevesville Road could take six to eight weeks to complete, MTA spokeswoman Cheron Wicker said Friday. The deceased boy's name was not available Friday night. Berkeley County Sheriff Kenneth M. Lemaster Jr. said Friday the boy and a friend were riding bicycles down the track. The boy was unable to get off the rail line before the five-car train passed through, Lemaster said.