Australia: Glenbrook Rail Disaster linked to signalling systemgreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Sydney Morning HeraldExcerpt:
"...the sections of track leading into and out of Glenbrook Station were 'blind,' controlled by an automatic signalling system that gave no indication to signal staff at Penrith where trains were travelling or if they had stopped."
-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), February 15, 2000
Signaling system was identified by the FRA as y2k problem areas under investigation. I posted the link and report exerpts in a previous thread. Thought they were gonna just reset those bad boys...
-- Hokie (Hokie_@hotmail.com), February 15, 2000.
"Fix on failure" has its downside now and then.
-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), February 15, 2000.