Y2K bugs in Norway's rail system

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- Two months ago the Norwegian National Rail
Administration warned that lives could be lost
at the turn of the millennium due to computer
problems. This was revealed in an internal
document from the Ministry of Transport and
Communications. The Rail Administration has
found Y2K bugs in its systems in Hamar. (Dagbladet)

Norway Post

-- spider (spider0@usa.net), January 05, 2000

Answers

Thanks spider.

That situation with the head on is incredibly tragic.

Mike

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-- Mike Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), January 05, 2000.


Not to mention the threat of engineers not providing authorites with their proper cell phone numbers, ignoring signals and the potential problems that arise when trains are operating on the same lines in different directions. Now THAT could result in some lives being lost.

-- John Smith (notreal@madeup.com), January 05, 2000.

I just saw a report regarding "cell phone numbers" and a problem with communications that made it impossible for the trains to be warned about "trouble" with the tracks on CNBC.

Huh? Both trains? The couldn't communicate with EITHER train? They didn't have the "cell phone numbers" for either train? Is that just too much of a coincidence or what?

Mike

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-- Mike Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), January 05, 2000.


Uh - proper scheduling and accountability of the train traffic would have created a situation where the cell phone numbers were not needed.

Question is: why was the scheduling and train management incorrect?

-- Robert A Cook, PE (Marietta, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), January 05, 2000.


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