Melba Bayne, 79, of Culpeper, VA, senior mechanical engineer for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from 1981 until her retirement in 1998, died Oct. 4.

Early in her career, Bayne was a junior mechanical engineer with Smith, Hichman, and Grylls.

She became a stay-at-home mother, in time working from home, and then she joined Bernard Johnson Associates in Washington, DC, as a senior mechanical engineer.

Bayne was a former member of the National Fire Protection Association panel working on NFPA 130, the standard for fixed guideway and passenger rail systems, and a past member and chair of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Technical Committee 5.9, Enclosed Vehicular Facilities.

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